President Marcos Jr. vowed to end killings in the Philippines' drug war, but deaths continue

The United Nations estimates that more than 8,000 people have been killed in the Philippines’ so-called “war on drugs.”

In 2022, when the Philippines’ current president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office, he vowed to end the killing in the drug crackdown.

But as NPR’s Emily Feng reports, the killings continue.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.