9 Minutes To ReadVictoria (pseudonym) details some of the discrimination the post-coup Myanmar diaspora in Thailand face.
Tags: borderlands, citizenship, labour rights, migrant workers, refugees, revolution, Spring Revolution, statelessness, Thai-Burma border
September 30, 2024
8 Minutes To ReadRosalie Metro looks at multilingual classrooms on the Thai-Myanmar border.
Tags: borders, languages, Mae Sot, MTB-MLE, Spring Revolution, Thai-Burma border, translanguaging
September 26, 2024
3 Minutes To Readซาลี ฟัง และ มึดา นาวานาถ หารือเกี่ยวกับโครงการผันน้ำยวมที่ถกเถียงเถียงกัน The English version of this article was originally published on April 3, 2023. Read the post here. A Burmese translation is available here.
Tags: borderlands, development, Salween, Thai-Burma border
April 26, 2023
10 Minutes To ReadZali Fung and Mueda Nawanat discuss the contested Yuam River Water Diversion Project. A Thai translation is available here.
Tags: borderlands, development, Salween, Thai-Burma border
April 3, 2023
7 Minutes To ReadAryuwat Raruen explains why durable solutions must be accountable to refugee voices. Read the Burmese version of this post here. A refugee camp on the Thai-Myanmar border, photo by Aryuwat Raruen. Successive […]
Tags: Karen, refugees, repatriation, resettlement, Thai-Burma border, UNHCR
September 8, 2021
7 Minutes To ReadYadanar Oo, Naw Tah Mu Lar and Maggi Quadrini write about how a football tournament along the Thai-Burma border challenged gender stereotypes faced by young women and girls on the pitch.
Tags: borders, gender, Mae Sot, PlayOnside, Thai-Burma border, women's rights
April 8, 2020
7 Minutes To ReadMaggi Quadrini argues that funding requirements for locally run non-profits put them at a disadvantage.
Tags: borders, community-based organization (CBO), donors, international aid, Karen, Mae Sot, PlayOnside, refugees, Thai-Burma border
November 19, 2019
9 Minutes To ReadSu-Ann Oh and Melanie Walker discuss the challenges of return to ceasefire areas faced by post-secondary schools in Karen refugee camps on the Thai-Myanmar border.
Tags: borders, educational reform, Karen, Karen State, refugee camps, refugees, Thai-Burma border
April 24, 2019
9 Minutes To ReadShona Loong and Gray Rinehart discuss how local leaders in post-secondary schools pave the way for inclusive, critical, and community-based learning.
Tags: borders, community, development, educational reform, ethnic minorities, higher education, Hpa-An, Karen, refugee camps, states and regions, Tanintharyi, Thai-Burma border
February 18, 2019
10 Minutes To ReadKo Htwe describes the cross-border use of social media among Shan and Thai communities.
Tags: borders, community, Facebook, shan, social media, technology, Thai-Burma border
January 17, 2019
8 Minutes To ReadMaximillian Morch writes about how local community organizations in refugee camps mitigate natural disasters but face cuts.
Tags: environment, Mae La, natural disaster, refugees, Thai-Burma border
September 12, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadCourtney T. Wittekind reviews Stephen Campbell’s account of migrant labor in Thailand.
Tags: Book Review, capitalism, labour, labour rights, Mae Sot, migrant workers, Thai-Burma border, workers' rights
July 9, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud pays tribute to a bold, bridge-building Karen leader.
Tags: civil society, Kachin, Karen, Karen National Union (KNU), Mae Sot, Panglong, saffron revolution, Thai-Burma border
February 14, 2018
9 Minutes To ReadPhacharaphorn Phanomvan digs into cross-border antiquities-smuggling practices.
Tags: borderlands, culture, Thai-Burma border, Thailand
July 10, 2017