An elderly woman rests on her bed in the Monmyat Seikhtar Home for the Aged, in Yangon’s North Okkalapa Township, on January 5. (Lu Po | Frontier)

Nowhere to go: Elderly left homeless in post-coup Myanmar

Political turmoil and economic free-fall have pushed many elderly people onto the streets, with shelters struggling to cope as funding dries up and the regime largely ignores the problem.

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