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  • EXPLAINER

What is Thailand’s Clean Air Act and why does it matter?

In Thailand, the air contains unsafe levels of toxic particles. Now, after years of advocacy, the country is on the verge of passing its first air quality management law – if the senate agrees.
  • 6 min read
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Time grows short for Thailand’s first air quality law

For seven years, advocates have pushed for the Clean Air Bill. They won a crucial vote this month, but the bill still has to pass before the session closes in days.
  • 3 min read
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  • FEATURE

As rubber trees spread, indigenous farmers fight for their land

Is a rubber company controlled by a retired general’s daughter pressuring indigenous farmers to give up their land in Cambodia? Jarai villagers say the firm offers minimal compensation for ancestral plots – then seizes the land anyway when families refuse.
  • 8 min read
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  • FEATURE

Thailand has laws against intimate partner violence. They just don’t work

When Kay’s protection order was violated three days after it was issued, she turned to social media – and discovered a growing network of survivors who’ve stopped waiting for an outdated legal system to protect them.
  • 7 min read
Luke Duggleby
  • FEATURE

Cambodia’s new airport slowly breaks a rural community

As Cambodia’s Techo International Airport rises, development blocks the fishing lakes that supported 400 families for decades. Without formal land titles, the community now faces forced eviction.
  • 6 min read
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  • EXPLAINER

Thailand depends on migrant workers. So why the backlash?

Do migrant workers threaten Thailand’s local workforce? Economic data and academic research paint a different picture than the viral videos and manipulated content driving online hatred.
  • 5 min read
Luke Duggleby/Redux
  • NEWS

Thai community receives historic pollution payout

After twenty years of struggle, a farming community has finally received compensation from the polluters themselves for the health impact inflicted. It marks a pivotal victory for environmental justice but a lot remains to be done.
  • 3 min read
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  • FEATURE

Thailand achieved marriage equality. Intersex people are still waiting for their turn

Thailand made headlines this year as the first Southeast Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage. Now intersex and non-binary advocates are pushing for the next frontier: legal recognition for people who challenge the very notion of binary gender.
  • 8 min read
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  • NEWS

Thailand’s land bridge project clears public hearing hurdle despite protests

Forty kilometres of walking, five days of protest – but Thailand’s controversial land bridge hearing went ahead, with authorities claiming “majority support” despite the opposition from local communities.
  • 3 min read
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