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Why a South Korean church bought a village in Paraguay

How a controversial religious group from South Korea gained ownership of a remote village in Paraguay.

Puerto Casado is a remote village in Paraguay, in South America. It鈥檚 not dissimilar to many other rural towns in the area: red-brick houses, small grocery stores and unpaved roads. But what makes Puerto Casado an exception is that it鈥檚 at the centre of a land dispute between the Paraguayan state, local residents and the Unification Church, a controversial religious group from South Korea. Ronald Avila-Claudio from 麻豆社 Mundo has recently been there. Plus, what the re-opening of the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea means to people living there, with Girmay Gebru from 麻豆社 News Africa; and a diver swimming with a great white shark and other viral stories, with 麻豆社 Indonesian's Famega Syavira Putri.

This episode of The Documentary comes to you from The Fifth Floor, the show at the heart of global storytelling, with 麻豆社 journalists from all around the world. This is an EcoAudio certified production.

(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)

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