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Opinion

“We won’t take this anymore…it stops with our generation” – Observations from a youth protest in Ubon Ratchathani

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020

Youth protests against the government are on the rise again in the Northeast and across the country. Patawee Chotanan observed a protest in Ubon Ratchathani and made eight interesting observations.

Culture

Remembrances of Red Trauma (21) – Hakom

June 7, 2020August 17, 2020

A village in northeastern Thailand is terrorized by a powerful ghost and descends into chaos as two factions fight over how to exorcise the demon. A short story by Charuphat Petcharavej that can be read as a parable of the country’s political conflict.

News

Fading hopes for post-flood aid as volunteers struggle to build new homes in Ubon Ratchathani

November 29, 2019April 29, 2020

More than 42,000 families were affected and some of them displaced by the recent flood in Ubon Ratchathani. As the state disaster compensation has yet to arrive, volunteers are filling in to provide some of the affected with new houses.

Opinion

Be ready for the next deluge: Ten challenges for flood risk management in Isaan

September 15, 2019September 15, 2019

Floods and droughts happen every year, but the Thai government has never addressed the issue with any sort of long-term vision. It’s time to systematically address the problems of flood risk management in the Northeast, writes guest contributor Pattawi Choti-Anan.

News

China’s banana boom is ‘saving’ a Mekong community threatened by Chinese dams

September 26, 2018September 26, 2018

A Mekong riverside community forced to give up fishing as a livelihood due to the damming of the Mekong river in China is now turning to growing Cavendish bananas for export to China.

Interviews

Family-run movie theater in Ubon Ratchathani survives decades of changes

March 28, 2018March 29, 2018

Movie theaters chains have replaced most of the independent cinemas once found in almost every city of the Northeast. But in the region’s smaller towns, stand-alone movie parlors continue to draw a loyal audience.

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