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Cambodia's first retirement home

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Cambodia's first retirement home

Migration and aging in one of Asia’s youngest countries. A modest shelter for destitute senior citizens in the Cambodian countryside is an indicator of a looming crisis facing Southeast Asia.

 

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The Divided Village

The Divided Village

What happened when a flood barrier split a tense Bangkok neighbourhood in half.

Rising waters

Rising waters

In a Bangkok neighbourhood, nervous anticipation as floodwaters inch closer to central core.

Pressure mounts for Cambodia's landless

Pressure mounts for Cambodia's landless

They start with the walls, peeling off tin sheets or wooden planks from the homes that make up the lakeside slum of Boeung Kak. They carefully remove windows or old wooden doors – anything they can use to rebuild. When they’re finished, all that remain are a pile of bricks and some aging floor tiles. 

For weeks, Im Bunnary has looked on in fear as her neighbours tear apart their homes. One of these days, she knows, she could be next.