Cambodians brave Covid-19 impact with small plots of land


Despite rapid urbanisation, about three in four Cambodians live in rural areas, and most depend on land for a living. - AP

BANGKOK (Reuters): When Covid-19 choked off the tourism that throttles Cambodia's temple town of Siem Reap, Yu Thy and his wife lost their gardening jobs and headed home to grow something different.

They've not looked back.

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