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- Despite death threats, anti-mining group vows to reclaim mine in Nong Bua Lamphu
A group of locals is planning to escalate their longstanding opposition to a limestone mine in Nong Bua Lamphu’s Suwannakhuha District on Friday amid death threats against one of its advisors.
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23 September 23 2020Newshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=26206 - The Good Daughters of Isaan (20) – A heavy burden: migrant, wife and worker in the global care sector
Thailand’s female marriage migrants often shoulder a double burden as unpaid caregivers for their families and paid workers in the care sector of their destination countries. Academic Patcharin Lapanun takes a look at the complex links of transnational marriages, migration and global care work.
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18 September 18 2020Opinionhttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=26144 - The Good Daughters of Isaan (19) – Powered by Thai migrant online groups, fried frogs travel the world
How to satisfy your craving for some fried rice-field frogs in the UK or feed your relatives in Thailand seasonal red ants eggs when you’re thousands of miles away? Through online communities, Thai women living abroad have found creative ways to still their hunger for a taste of home and take care for their families back in Thailand through food deliveries.
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17 September 17 2020Opinionhttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=26090 - The Good Daughters of Isaan (18) – Has online dating changed the dynamics of Thai-Western relationships?
The conventional view of Thai-Western relationships is older Western men meeting their future partner, often a single mother, at a tourist venue, getting married, and then moving to the man’s home country or settling down in Thailand. But online dating apps also see a new phenomenon emerging: younger Thai women connecting up with younger Westerners. Guest contributor Kate Santaliz takes a look.
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16 September 16 2020Featureshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=26015 - The Good Daughters of Isaan (17) – Love is a craft: A different kind of Isaan-foreign couple
Hannah and Bae, an Isaan-American couple, tell the story of how their families and friends reacted to their relationship. [VIDEO]
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16 September 16 2020Featureshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=26063 - The Good Daughters of Isaan (16) – A so-called “clinic” to support marriage migrants has little to do
When Thai women who live abroad with their foreign husbands face problems, to whom do they turn for help? The “Thai Daughter-in-Law and Farang Son-in-Law Clinic” was set up by the government to provide such services. But there’s one problem: hardly anyone has used it.
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14 September 14 2020Featureshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=25992 - The Good Daughters of Isaan (15) – Isaan’s bicultural kids: bullied for being different
Jack and Float are bicultural kids in rural Udon Thani who have been bullied in school for being different. A new curriculum is now being developed to teach cultural diversity and end the problem of bullying in school.
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11 September 11 2020Featureshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=25927 - The Good Daughters of Isaan (14) – The farang complex: a lesson in diversity
Bicultural children in Isaan often face bullying in school for looking different than their peers. Thichanon Chumwaengwapi, a teacher at a local school in Udon Thani's Phen district, is developing a curriculum to teach respect for cultural diversity.
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10 September 10 2020Featureshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=25712 - The Good Daughters of Isaan (13) – For their golden years, Europeans find a new home in Buriram
When Lanee Phaengthaisong married a Swiss man and moved to Switzerland, she never thought they would one day return to her home in rural Buriram to run an elderly home for retired Europeans.
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9 September 09 2020Featureshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=25826 - The Good Daughters of Isaan (12) – Foreign seniors find a new home in Buriram
Europeans retirees have found a new home in an elderly care facility in rural Buriram. The home was established by a local woman and her Swiss husband. [VIDEO]
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8 September 08 2020Featureshttps://isaanrecord.com/?p=25837