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The ‘sea nomads’ forced to switch life on the ocean for land
Further, the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 destroyed many of the boats. Other communities known as sea nomads have also ...
Thai sea nomads survived 2004 Indian Ocean disaster. Now they buckle under a ‘new tsunami’
Tap Tawan’s seafarers face challenges from modernisation as their bond with nature fades and economic needs threaten the ...
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Somali migrant watched others die at sea, but she wants to try again
Idil Abdullahi Goley’s journey seeking a better life in Europe started in Somalia with a $6,500 payment to local smugglers.
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Indian Ocean tsunami memorials mark 20 years since one of the deadliest natural disasters in history
People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region ... and has never found their bodies. ...
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Sea nomads in Thailand who survived the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 are slowly losing their identity
PHANG-NGA, Thailand: When the Indian Ocean tsunami hit the south-western coast of Thailand in 2004, it claimed over 5,000 lives. But the local indigenous Moken people miraculously survived with almost ...
The Water Was Their Livelihood. Now Thailand's Sea Nomads Work to Preserve a Vanishing Way of Life
The Moken, a group of indigenous people from Thailand and Myanmar, once sailed freely between the archipelago of 800 islands ...
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Why the Indian Ocean could be China’s Achilles’ heel in a Taiwan war
The Pentagon estimates about 62% of China’s oil and 17% of its natural gas imports transit the Malacca Strait and South China Sea, key Indian Ocean gateways. China is moving to diversify ...