Southeast Asian cities face existential crisis as they sink while sea levels rise

Coastal cities in Southeast Asia, including Bangkok, Jakarta and Manila, face a mutually risky future: they’re sinking as sea levels around them are rising. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Thailand, in partnership with the Under-Told Stories Project at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.
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