Morning at Khlong Toey Market | Jack Kurtz: Photojournalist & Travel Photographer

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08 JUNE 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A worker uses a blow torch to scorch the hair off of a pork leg in Khlong Toey Market, Bangkok's main fresh market. Thai consumer confidence dropped for the first time in six months in May following a pair of bombings in Bangkok, low commodity prices paid to farmers and a sharp rise in the value of the Thai Baht versus the US Dollar and the EU Euro. The Baht is surging because of political uncertainty, related to Donald Trump, in the US and Europe. The Baht's rise is being blamed for a drop in Thai exports. This week the Baht has been trading at around 33.90 Baht to $1US, it's highest point in two years. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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08 JUNE 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A worker uses a blow torch to scorch the hair off of a pork leg in Khlong Toey Market, Bangkok's main fresh market. Thai consumer confidence dropped for the first time in six months in May following a pair of bombings in Bangkok, low commodity prices paid to farmers and a sharp rise in the value of the Thai Baht versus the US Dollar and the EU Euro. The Baht is surging because of political uncertainty, related to Donald Trump, in the US and Europe. The Baht's rise is being blamed for a drop in Thai exports. This week the Baht has been trading at around 33.90 Baht to $1US, it's highest point in two years. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ