Every year, tens of thousands of people in Japan go missing on purpose to get a second shot at life. The South China Morning Post spoke to two men who have disappeared from their old lives. "I was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young people studying in the library in the Kibera slum, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The community advocacy ...

Fresh nationwide exercise planned for 2027 to reassess scale, living conditions and population in informal settlements ...

SOME people are upset by slums. They feel sick themselves when they find four or five children sharing a bed in a windowless room and realize that the tubercular cough of one youngster means the ...

His sherry cabinet in Harvard Yard long since turned over to another president, his diplomat’s striped pants put into mothballs, the quiet New Englander embarked on a new career—unofficial Inspector ...

THE slum is as old as civilization. Civilization implies a race, to get ahead. In a race there are usually some who for one cause or another cannot keep up, or are thrust out from among their fellows.

Amphibious excavators escorted by armed policemen have roared through Makoko, Africa's largest and most legendary floating ...

Slum dwellers in Rajshahi city are turning to vegetable cultivation to supplement their income and ensure food security, transforming small and unused spaces into productive green plots. Residents ...