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French photographer Alex de Blonay captures the hopelessness and impotence that Chiang Mai residents feel at the annual forest fires and pollution.
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Massive fires are raging across the Doi Suthep-Pui mountain ranges, killing wildlife and blanketing the city in choking smoke. What is the solution?
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Road rage is rife in this country where emotions tend to be kept bubbling politely under the surface.
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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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The notion of victim blaming in Thailand is such a deep-rooted and multi-faceted problem. Lottie Madden tries to get a grip on it.
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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.
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Every single day during the burning season, Peter disappears into Lampang’s forests in search of fire armed with a leaf blower.
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Pim Kemasingki is in despair about the sign pollution that is endemic in Chiang Mai. Do we really want our beautiful city to be a big billboard?
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A kindergarten teacher attempted to saw off the ear of her 4-year-old student with a metal ruler. But sadly this is just another case exposing the use of violence or
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The stories they tell are heartbreaking. Those who resist or try to run away are beaten, tortured, and often killed.
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On August 30th, all 11 DNA samples failed to match those found on Kirsty’s body.
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Over the next few weeks, I wasn’t officially working on the case full time, but ended up being point-girl for many of the foreign media, all of whom had left
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