
After centuries of nomadic living, Thailand's 'sea people' adapt to life on land
CNN
Members of Thailand's Moken ethnic group -- known locally as "sea people" -- are famed for their ability to stay underwater for long periods of time. Pre-pandemic, they earned money by helping out on boats or doing odd jobs at the national park, but these jobs are gone now. Here's how they're surviving.
(CNN) — These days, Salamak Klathalay, like most of us, lives in a house, on land. But this is a relatively new experience for the 78-year-old. "As a kid, I lived on a boat part of the year and on land part of the year," Salamak tells me from his home on Ko Surin, an island-bound national park in Thailand's south. "We would go to land during the monsoon season to look for tubers. After that, we would go back to our boats."More Related News

President Donald Trump’s suggestion Tuesday that his Board of Peace “might” replace the United Nations is likely to compound concerns that the body meant to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza – and that he will indefinitely chair – will instead become a vehicle for him to attempt to supersede the body established 80 years ago to maintain global peace.












