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Mae sot

14 Stories - 226 Images - 10 Contributors

Sports

Bare-Knuckle kickboxing - Thailand

Bare-knuckle kickboxing with a purse of just 2000 baht (US$65) for the winner, took place in Mae Sot on the Thai side of the border with Myanmar. The...

by Arturo Rodriguez in Thailand on 13/04/2012

Environment

Rapid expansion leads to waste disposal problems in Thailand

Rapid expansion has hindered Thailand in developing appropriate methods of disposing of waste produced by a society that is verging more towards...

by Arturo Rodriguez in Thailand on 25/03/2012

Our World

Mae Sot Mission possible

Operation Smile Thailand is an organisation giving plastic surgical aid to people, mostly children and adolescents, suffering from cleft lips and...

by Camilla Davidsson in Thailand on 12/11/2010

13/04/2012 - Bare-Knuckle kickboxing - Thailand - Thailand - Bare-knuckle kickboxing with a purse of...
25/03/2012 - Rapid expansion leads to waste disposal problems in Thailand - Thailand - Rapid expansion has hindered Thailand...
12/11/2010 - Mae Sot Mission possible - Thailand - Operation Smile Thailand is an...
31/03/2010 - Burmese refugees in Thailand - Thailand - The silent civil war in Burma that the...
05/01/2010 - Life at Mae Sot Refuse Dump, Thailand - Thailand - DMTX. Every day life of Burmese...
29/12/2009 - At the Edge in No-Mans Land - Thailand - DMTX. Images taken in a shanty town for...
25/09/2009 - Myanmar - Generation Wave - Thailand - Generation Wave is a small, non-...
24/08/2009 - Crossing Burma's 'Smugglers Gate' - Thailand - Feature. Burmese migrants on the Thai/...
23/07/2009 - Saving Lives at The Mae Tao Medical Clinic - Thailand - Feature. The Mae Tao clinic, near Mae...
20/06/2009 - Mae Sot Garbage Dump - Thailand - On the edge of Mae Sot a town of around...

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Rapid expansion leads to waste disposal problems in Thailand

Environment

Rapid expansion leads to waste disposal problems in Tha...

Rapid expansion has hindered Thailand in developing appropriate methods of disposing of waste produced by a society that is verging more towards consumer behaviour. The trash is either ...
by Arturo Rodriguez, on 25th of March 2012
Bare-Knuckle kickboxing - Thailand

Sports

Bare-Knuckle kickboxing - Thailand

Bare-knuckle kickboxing with a purse of just 2000 baht (US$65) for the winner, took place in Mae Sot on the Thai side of the border with Myanmar. The rules are brutally simple, the vict...
by Arturo Rodriguez, on 13th of April 2012
Mae Sot Mission possible

Our World

Mae Sot Mission possible

Operation Smile Thailand is an organisation giving plastic surgical aid to people, mostly children and adolescents, suffering from cleft lips and cleft palates. http://www.operationsmi...
by Camilla Davidsson, on 12th of November 2010
Burmese refugees in Thailand

Politics

Burmese refugees in Thailand

The silent civil war in Burma that the government has been leading against many ethnics groups in the last decades, has produced hundreds of thousands of refugees. Myanmar is facing the...
by EDU BAYER, on 31st of March 2010
Impermanence, resistance and the Burmese regime

Politics

Impermanence, resistance and the Burmese regime

Former KNU committee member talks about his expectations in relation to the upcoming Burmese election. Burma. 15/11/2009
by microscopic_cog, on 15th of November 2009
Life at Mae Sot Refuse Dump, Thailand

Society

Life at Mae Sot Refuse Dump, Thailand

DMTX. Every day life of Burmese recyclers who call the Mae Sot Dump in Thailand their home. The recyclers endure conditions that are beyond imagination in order to survive each day. Mae...
by Matt Van Saun, on 5th of January 2010
Myanmar - Generation Wave

Politics

Myanmar - Generation Wave

Generation Wave is a small, non-political underground group operating inside and outside Myanmar that is dedicated to overthrowing the country's repressive military junta. It uses ...
by tom spender, on 25th of September 2009
At the Edge in No-Mans Land

Society

At the Edge in No-Mans Land

DMTX. Images taken in a shanty town for Burmese refugees on the Burmese-Thai border show the harsh realities of everyday life for the inhabitants of this "No-Mans Land". Mae S...
by Matt Van Saun, on 29th of December 2009
Saving Lives at The Mae Tao Medical Clinic

Society

Saving Lives at The Mae Tao Medical Clinic

Feature. The Mae Tao clinic, near Mae Sot, Thailand, and its staff and patients. The clinic assists thousands of Burmese migrants a year. 07/23/2009
by Matt Van Saun, on 23rd of July 2009
Crossing Burma's 'Smugglers Gate'

Society

Crossing Burma's 'Smugglers Gate'

Feature. Burmese migrants on the Thai/Burma border near Mae Sot crossing the Moei river illegally in inner tubes and other boats to Thailand to access proper health care, the border is ...
by Matt Van Saun, on 24th of August 2009
Mae Tao Clinic, Mae Sot, Thailand

Society

Mae Tao Clinic, Mae Sot, Thailand

Emergency medical clinic on the Thai-Burma border
by Christopher Deere, on 30th of April 2009
Mae Sot Garbage Dump

Society

Mae Sot Garbage Dump

Burmese migrant families live and work directly on top of a garbage dump in Mae Sot Thailand
by Allyse Pulliam, on 23rd of April 2009
Mae Sot Garbage Dump

Society

Mae Sot Garbage Dump

On the edge of Mae Sot a town of around 120,000 on the Thai/Burma border in northern Thailand is the town's rubbish dump; a stinking steaming mass of rotting food and plastic. It i...
by Rusty Stewart, on 20th of June 2009
Burmese Migrant Worker Abuses

Society

Burmese Migrant Worker Abuses

Burmese migrant worker abuse is rampant in Thailand. One 19 year old Karen worker told me that the Thai police were known to abuse and harass workers on a weekly basis, even if they...
by Daniel Cuthbert, on 6th of May 2009

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