Children accounted for a third of the at least 310 dead when an earthquake hit Indonesia on Monday. Experts say the disaster highlights poor building standards in rural areas.
Tag: Rural Areas
Exploring ‘The Land of Morning Calm’
A traveler gets beyond Seoul’s sprawl to explore tranquil thatched mountain hamlets, peaceful Buddhist temples and unhurried ‘slow food’ towns in rural South Korea.
Horror grips a bucolic farming region after the killing spree.
Police searches and the roar of helicopters disrupt the routine in a rural stretch of Saskatchewan.
Ukrainians in Rural Ireland Piece Together New Lives, Step by Step
With 50,000 Ukrainians now finding sanctuary in Ireland, the largest number of refugees the country has ever accepted is merging with locals in homogeneous rural villages.
New Laws in Sierra Leone Reshape Environmental Battleground
The West African nation will let communities veto mining, farming and industrial projects. Activists say the legislation is a progressive landmark. At least one investor calls it unworkable.
‘Captain Condom’ Turned the Tide in Thailand’s War on AIDS and Overpopulation
At a time when most Thais avoided discussing safe sex and family planning, Mechai Viravaidya promoted condom use with spectacle and humor, saving millions of lives.
Violence in Rural Mexico Ensnares Doctors, Causing Worker Shortages
As criminal organizations control more territory in less-populated regions, health care workers, caught in the crossfire, grow reluctant to work in such places.
Afghanistan Tries to Stamp Out Opium Again
The multibillion-dollar trade has survived previous bans. Now, the Taliban are going after solar-powered water pumps to try to dry up poppy crops in the middle of a national economic crisis.
Rural Philippines, Long Neglected, Newly Appealing in Covid Times
The economic disparity of the nation’s rural and urban areas is a problem of long standing. Will the lessons of the pandemic finally lead to change?
The Foot Soldiers in India’s Battle to Improve Public Health
Over a million female health workers treat India’s most at-risk women and children, for little pay and sometimes at the cost of their own lives.