Coastal community of Ban Khun Samut Chin slowly giving way to rising sea
Each morning, four children stand barefoot in a line and proudly sing the national anthem as the Thai flag is raised outside their school, perched on a finger of land surrounded by the sea.
They are the last pupils left at the school in Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village in Phra Samut Chedi district of Samut Prakan, less than 10 kilometres from the edge of Bangkok that is slowly being devoured by the waves.
About 200 people cling on in the village, in a…
