Old and poor: Thailand sleepwalking towards an ageing crisis

Senior citizens queuing up for daily food donations from Bangkok Community Help Foundation, near the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Thailand is one of the world’s fastest greying societies, but the kingdom's economy, households, government coffers and rapidly shrinking workforce are ill-prepared. - AFP

BANGKOK (AFP): Unless she lines up in the hot sun for a free meal, ketchup on bread is the only food Thai widow Noi can afford on her small government pension.

Her payout of around 82 US cents a day makes cooking at home near impossible.