Fowl cholera hits Maha Sarakham, almost 900 turkeys killed
Authorities in Maha Sarakham imposed a ban on the movement of poultry in and out of the province after hundreds of fowl died.
Month: June 2017
Former communists get final payouts, many claims unsettled
The military government made the final payment to former communist insurgents completing an amnesty deal from 35 years ago. But many of them claim they are yet to be paid.
The Isaan Record
29/06/2017
“Pop Aye” film review: it’s not about the elephant: homecoming and flagship species
Pop Aye is about a middle-aged man facing a midlife crisis. It is a road movie about coming to terms with living and dying. It isn’t really about elephants, yet everywhere you look around here, there’s an elephant.
Peera Songkünnatham
29/06/2017
85th coup anniversary under the eye of Maha Sarakham police
Authorities closely watched a small event at Mahasarakham University to mark the 85th anniversary of a coup that toppled Thailand’s absolute monarchy and nominally established democracy.
The Isaan Record
26/06/2017
Migrant workers spreading a meatless faith
Migrant workers are spreading a new faith in Northeast Thailand that has been illegal and suppressed in China for decades. This system of beliefs also works to popularize vegetarianism in the region.
The Isaan Record
23/06/2017
Prayuth visits Khon Kaen, police raids Dao Din activists’ house
Ahead of Prime Minister General Prayuth’s visit to Khon Kaen, police and military officers searched the house of activist group Dao Din.
The Isaan Record
21/06/2017
Government allows railway project to encroach on protected land
The military government flipped on a promise not to use a wide-sweeping security measure to push through a high-speed railway project with China that has been delayed by several legal obstacles.
The Isaan Record
17/06/2017
Over 1,000 people in Khon Kaen respond to Prayuth’s ‘suggestive questions’
On the first day of the military government’s unusual initiative to gather public opinion, more than 1,000 citizens in Khon Kaen Province gave their views on the yet-to-be-announced national elections.
The Isaan Record
14/06/2017
Khon Kaen slum communities suffer from state’s failure to provide water
Khon Kaen’s urban poor often have no appropriate access to water despite their constitutional right to “quality water resources adequately for the consumption by people,” as stated in Article 72 of Thailand’s new constitution.