Long-form documentary stories, photo essays and reportage from Asia and beyond.
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The Farmers. By now, as I wandered around, the reason for the lack of people in Son Village became obvious. Almost everyone was working, many in the fields. Some worked alone, others in pairs or small family groups. From a distance the farmers were often difficult to spot, many hidden
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The Elder. A little into my stay in Son village I realised there was one person I had not seen working. Throughout the valley people were already busy. Buffalo moved slowly through flooded rice fields, children carried small bundles between the fields and adults disappeared into the surrounding forest in
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Observations from a mountain farming community. Chapter 1 - The Journey. In the summer of 2011 I spent several days in Son Village, a small farming community hidden deep in the mountains of north-west Vietnam. Rice planting—the second crop of the year—was underway. Across the small valley bowl
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In 2011, in a village called Son, deep in the mountains of Northern Vietnam, I met an aging veteran of the war. He told me his brother was killed in one of the battles. Then, Head of the Village, his life revolved around his grandson, and the generations who will
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Northern Vietnam travels. 2012.
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The story of Davy Keo, who lived through the genocide of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge as a teenager in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.