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Opinion: Thai migrant workers’ return to Libya is premature

By Siam Voices Thu, Mar 22, 2012 12:32PM UTC View Comments

By The Isaan Record In early February, Department of Employment (DOE) director Prawit Kiengphon authorized the return of Thai workers to Libya. More than 10,000 Thai refinery and construction workers were evacuated from the North African nation in March 2011 after an uprising broke out which resulted in the overthrow of Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi’s authoritarian regime....

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Thailand – Cashing out: A return to organic practices

By Siam Voices Fri, Mar 16, 2012 9:01AM UTC View Comments

By The Isaan Record MAHASARAKHAM – In 1996, a group of government officers from the Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO) proposed an alternative to the reigning model of chemical farming. Buoyed by their idealism and Japanese funding, they initiated a pilot program that trained and established a small network of organic farmers. The result is...

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Thailand: After the floods, plans for factories in Isaan

By Siam Voices Mon, Feb 20, 2012 9:00AM UTC View Comments

By The Isaan Record When the mobile cabinet meeting rolls into Udon Thani on February 21, Withoon Kamonlnaruemet, the president of the Khon Kaen branch of the Federation of Thai Industries, is prepared to woo cabinet members with a presentation. Mr. Withoon and a committee headed by Khon Kaen Governor Sombat Triwatsuwan plan to request...

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Thailand: Article 112 reform in the provinces

By Siam Voices Fri, Feb 03, 2012 9:00AM UTC View Comments

By The Isaan Record KHON KAEN – The Campaign Committee to Amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code (CCAA 112), the first aggressive, nationwide campaign to reform the world’s harshest lèse-majesté law, made its way to Khon Kaen this past Sunday with a panel discussion and petition-signing held at Khon Kaen University (KKU). Over 100...

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Thailand: Red village thwarted, a community divided

By Siam Voices Wed, Jan 11, 2012 9:01AM UTC View Comments

KHON KAEN – In Non Reuang, an unassuming Northeastern village located just 15 kilometers north of Khon Kaen city, fallow rice fields line pothole-ridden roads made dusty with windswept topsoil. Here, most residents are looking to have those roads repaved. Others are interested in having the local elementary school’s bathrooms renovated. These are the daily...

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