
Myanmar’s mining boom is poisoning Thailand’s rivers
The rivers that sustained life in Thailand’s northern borderlands for generations are now carrying poison – the byproduct of a mining boom feeding the world’s appetite for tech products.

The rivers that sustained life in Thailand’s northern borderlands for generations are now carrying poison – the byproduct of a mining boom feeding the world’s appetite for tech products.

Kraingkai Chichuang has become a crucial translator between Thailand’s indigenous communities and skeptical lawmakers. Six million people’s legal recognition depends on his success.

Targeted by arrest warrants, they fled to Thailand. Now, Myanmar’s exiled journalists risk everything to expose the junta’s brutality.

Amidst the unresolved tensions in Thailand’s Deep South, a group of former detainees emerges as pillars of resilience for victims of arbitrary detention and state overreach.

For many Rohingyas who took up refuge in Thailand, life in the shadows is preferable to the deadly persecution back home – even if it means enduring a cycle of bribery, abuse, and prejudice.
The rivers that sustained life in Thailand’s northern borderlands for generations are now carrying poison – the byproduct of a mining boom feeding the world’s appetite for tech products.
Kraingkai Chichuang has become a crucial translator between Thailand’s indigenous communities and skeptical lawmakers. Six million people’s legal recognition depends on his success.
Targeted by arrest warrants, they fled to Thailand. Now, Myanmar’s exiled journalists risk everything to expose the junta’s brutality.
Amidst the unresolved tensions in Thailand’s Deep South, a group of former detainees emerges as pillars of resilience for victims of arbitrary detention and state overreach.
For many Rohingyas who took up refuge in Thailand, life in the shadows is preferable to the deadly persecution back home – even if it means enduring a cycle of bribery, abuse, and prejudice.
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