# In Cambodia’s ‘Waiting Village’, tattooist mourns trade lost to war

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- Reuters, 2026-09-23 01:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/cambodias-waiting-village-tattooist-mourns-trade-lost-war-2026-09-23/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ab32baa118ed10001a24ebc

> More than 3,000 houses line the 400-hectare Rong Cham resettlement site, which residents call the “Waiting Village.” Families who fled fighting along the Cambodia-Thailand border are still waiting to return home nine months after the ceasefire, while a tattooist grieves the loss of his trade.