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Life, Story: Paskorn Jumlongrach and Kong Rithdee, Published on 02/10/2018
» The conference room full of minority representatives erupted in laughter when Parue O-dochao retold a bizarre and frustrating incident concerning the hacking of his Facebook page, called "Ha Kariang". The laughter was caused by the Karen man's mirthful style of talking, his long and free-flowing speech in accented Thai, even when he was clearly upset by the black-mirror scourge of social media.
The plight of the stateless
Life, Story: Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 14/08/2018
» Thanom's ancestors lived in what was Siamese territory, near Bang Saphan district in Prachuap Khiri Khan, over a century ago. Back then Burma, to the west, was a British colony and people who lived along the border crossed back and forth without much difficulty. When state boundaries were redrawn during the reign of King Rama V, his family was stuck on the other side. As a young man Thanom was a cattle herder, and he travelled around Karen villages to buy cattle and buffaloes and crossed over to sell them on the Thai side. When he started this job, a cow was just 20 baht and a buffalo was 50 baht.