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Citylife's intern AJ Godfrey arrived in Chiang Mai from the US having never heard of the ongoing conflicts in Burma. She interviews a refugee and shares his story.
Read morePim Kemasingki, Editor-in-Chief of Citylife Chiang Mai launches, today, a series of interviews of fascinating people in Chiang Mai which will be published once a
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Khin Myat Myat Wai travelled to the Irrawaddy,where she met people whose job is to catch fish and shrimps under slave-like conditions.
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An investigation into the plight of Burma's Kachin people and how their lives are blighted by the multi-billion dollar jade trade.
Read more![Kengtung, Burma](https://images.chiangmaicitylife.com/clg/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Kengtung.jpg?auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&fm=jpg&h=183&q=45&w=348&s=d0b99f822b0cbf8fa27455dde8dd152c)
Chiang Mai and Kengtung in Myanmar have had a close and complicated relationship for over seven centuries. Pam Supasaen looks at the history and the now.
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To have been there, when lovers of words came together to celebrate the end of silence, was simply exhilarating.
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Citylife's founder, J.C. Shaw looks at the long and often antagonistic history between Thailand and Burma.
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