He’s the calm strategist. She’s the one who takes the front line. For twenty years, Ornuch and Pramote Phonpinyo have split the work of running one of the country’s most enduring land rights networks.
Thailand’s national parks have a complication the maps didn’t show: people. Thousands of families have settled on forest land, only to find themselves declared encroachers when officials later drew park boundaries around their homes. After decades of evictions, one village has found a solution.
As fighting in Myanmar intensifies, Mae Sot’s migrant schools struggle to accommodate the influx of displaced children, while the Thai government remains mostly unresponsive to the growing crisis.
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.
He’s the calm strategist. She’s the one who takes the front line. For twenty years, Ornuch and Pramote Phonpinyo have split the work of running one of the country’s most enduring land rights networks.
Thailand’s national parks have a complication the maps didn’t show: people. Thousands of families have settled on forest land, only to find themselves declared encroachers when officials later drew park boundaries around their homes. After decades of evictions, one village has found a solution.
As fighting in Myanmar intensifies, Mae Sot’s migrant schools struggle to accommodate the influx of displaced children, while the Thai government remains mostly unresponsive to the growing crisis.
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.
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