Thirty-five percent of the water in China is so polluted that you can't touch it. More than a dozen provinces in northern China are experiencing chronic water shortages. LinkAsia speaks with Jennifer Turner of the Woodrow Wilson Center about northern China's dire water situation. (WATCH)
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Divers from the ROK Special Forces have an unusual mission: clean the riverbed of the Han, Seoul's main waterway. The government has been trying to end pollution in this river for 30 years. A reporter from South Korea's MBC joined the divers, and pulled a "trash mountain" from the river. (WATCH)
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Only 20 percent of India's rapidly growing senior citizen population receives a government pension. Senior citizens living in poverty have to fight to get the four dollars a month they were promised. LinkAsia partner Video Volunteers presents two reports from their "India Unheard" series, then we speak with Help Age India's Manjira Khurana about the fight for elderly people's rights. (WATCH)
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