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  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A European tourist in Bangkok counts out his US Dollars before buying Thai Baht at a foreign exchange kiosk in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    The exchange rate is posted in the window of a tourist curio shop that also operates as a currency exchange in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A European tourist buys Thai Baht at a foreign currency exchange kiosk in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiBahtGains012.jpg
  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People line up to buy Thai Baht at a foreign currency exchange kiosk in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People wait to buy Thai Baht in a foreign currency exchange kiosk in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiBahtGains005.jpg
  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   People line up to buy Thai Baht at a foreign currency exchange kiosk in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiBahtGains002.jpg
  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   People line up to buy Thai Baht at a foreign currency exchange kiosk in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiBahtGains001.jpg
  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Exchange rates are posted in foreign currency exchange kiosk in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People walk past a foreign currency exchange on a Bangkok street. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People line up to buy Thai Baht at a foreign currency exchange kiosk in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiBahtGains006.jpg
  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   People line up to buy Thai Baht at a foreign currency exchange kiosk in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiBahtGains003.jpg
  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  US Dollars and Thai Baht. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiBahtGains015.jpg
  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People line up to buy Thai Baht at a foreign currency exchange kiosk in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiBahtGains013.jpg
  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A European tourist in Bangkok counts out his US Dollars before buying Thai Baht at a foreign exchange kiosk in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiBahtGains011.jpg
  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   People line up to buy Thai Baht at a foreign currency exchange kiosk in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A woman walks buy a TMB currency exchange kiosk in Bangkok. The Thai Baht has gained markedly against the US Dollar, the Euro and Pound Sterling in recent months. On Monday, the Baht was trading at 28.57 Baht to 1 US Dollar on Apr. 22. The strengthening Baht means imported goods are cheaper in Thailand, but Thai exports cost more in other countries. It also means tourists and expats who live in Thailand have less money to spend as their currencies buy fewer Baht. The baht has risen 5 percent against the dollar this year to its highest level since before the Asian financial crisis in 1997. The Federation of Thai Industries, which has led calls for the authorities to act to lower the baht, said the rise in the past two weeks had been too rapid and its members were finding it hard to cope with the volatility because as the Baht appreciates their exports become more expensive. Thailand is among the world's leading exporters of rice, chicken, pork, electrical components, cars and is the leading exporter of canned tuna. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   People walk past an exchange booth in Bangkok while foreign visitors to Thailand buy Baht Wednesday. Thai financial markets and the Thai Baht both lost value Wednesday. The stock market, the Stock Exchange of  Thailand (SET) closed at 1,470.25, down 13.52 or 0.91%, from Tuesday. The Thai Baht closed at 33.90 Baht to 1 US Dollar, it's lowest point since September 2009. Economists blamed the drop in the Chinese stock markets and uncertainty over the EU's handling of the Greek budget crisis for the drops in Thai markets.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   People walk past an exchange booth in Bangkok while foreign visitors to Thailand buy Baht Wednesday. Thai financial markets and the Thai Baht both lost value Wednesday. The stock market, the Stock Exchange of  Thailand (SET) closed at 1,470.25, down 13.52 or 0.91%, from Tuesday. The Thai Baht closed at 33.90 Baht to 1 US Dollar, it's lowest point since September 2009. Economists blamed the drop in the Chinese stock markets and uncertainty over the EU's handling of the Greek budget crisis for the drops in Thai markets.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiFinancialMarkets011.jpg
  • 08 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   People walk past an exchange booth in Bangkok while foreign visitors to Thailand buy Baht Wednesday. Thai financial markets and the Thai Baht both lost value Wednesday. The stock market, the Stock Exchange of  Thailand (SET) closed at 1,470.25, down 13.52 or 0.91%, from Tuesday. The Thai Baht closed at 33.90 Baht to 1 US Dollar, it's lowest point since September 2009. Economists blamed the drop in the Chinese stock markets and uncertainty over the EU's handling of the Greek budget crisis for the drops in Thai markets.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiFinancialMarkets010.jpg
  • 08 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   People walk past an exchange booth in Bangkok while foreign visitors to Thailand buy Baht Wednesday. Thai financial markets and the Thai Baht both lost value Wednesday. The stock market, the Stock Exchange of  Thailand (SET) closed at 1,470.25, down 13.52 or 0.91%, from Tuesday. The Thai Baht closed at 33.90 Baht to 1 US Dollar, it's lowest point since September 2009. Economists blamed the drop in the Chinese stock markets and uncertainty over the EU's handling of the Greek budget crisis for the drops in Thai markets.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiFinancialMarkets009.jpg
  • 08 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A person watches the prices of Thai stocks at a brokerage house in Bangkok. Thai financial markets and the Thai Baht both lost value Wednesday. The stock market, the Stock Exchange of  Thailand (SET) closed at 1,470.25, down 13.52 or 0.91%, from Tuesday. The Thai Baht closed at 33.90 Baht to 1 US Dollar, it's lowest point since September 2009. Economists blamed the drop in the Chinese stock markets and uncertainty over the EU's handling of the Greek budget crisis for the drops in Thai markets.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man watches Thai stocks fall in price at a brokerage house in Bangkok. Thai financial markets and the Thai Baht both lost value Wednesday. The stock market, the Stock Exchange of  Thailand (SET) closed at 1,470.25, down 13.52 or 0.91%, from Tuesday. The Thai Baht closed at 33.90 Baht to 1 US Dollar, it's lowest point since September 2009. Economists blamed the drop in the Chinese stock markets and uncertainty over the EU's handling of the Greek budget crisis for the drops in Thai markets.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiFinancialMarkets013.jpg
  • 08 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman walks past an exchange booth in Bangkok Wednesday. Thai financial markets and the Thai Baht both lost value Wednesday. The stock market, the Stock Exchange of  Thailand (SET) closed at 1,470.25, down 13.52 or 0.91%, from Tuesday. The Thai Baht closed at 33.90 Baht to 1 US Dollar, it's lowest point since September 2009. Economists blamed the drop in the Chinese stock markets and uncertainty over the EU's handling of the Greek budget crisis for the drops in Thai markets.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiFinancialMarkets008.jpg
  • 08 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People watch Thai stocks at a brokerage house in Bangkok. Thai financial markets and the Thai Baht both lost value Wednesday. The stock market, the Stock Exchange of  Thailand (SET) closed at 1,470.25, down 13.52 or 0.91%, from Tuesday. The Thai Baht closed at 33.90 Baht to 1 US Dollar, it's lowest point since September 2009. Economists blamed the drop in the Chinese stock markets and uncertainty over the EU's handling of the Greek budget crisis for the drops in Thai markets.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man monitors stocks he is interested in at a public computer terminal in a Bangkok brokerage house. Thai financial markets and the Thai Baht both lost value Wednesday. The stock market, the Stock Exchange of  Thailand (SET) closed at 1,470.25, down 13.52 or 0.91%, from Tuesday. The Thai Baht closed at 33.90 Baht to 1 US Dollar, it's lowest point since September 2009. Economists blamed the drop in the Chinese stock markets and uncertainty over the EU's handling of the Greek budget crisis for the drops in Thai markets.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man watches Thai stocks fall in price at a brokerage house in Bangkok. Thai financial markets and the Thai Baht both lost value Wednesday. The stock market, the Stock Exchange of  Thailand (SET) closed at 1,470.25, down 13.52 or 0.91%, from Tuesday. The Thai Baht closed at 33.90 Baht to 1 US Dollar, it's lowest point since September 2009. Economists blamed the drop in the Chinese stock markets and uncertainty over the EU's handling of the Greek budget crisis for the drops in Thai markets.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man turns away from the screens as Thai stocks drop Wednesday. Thai financial markets and the Thai Baht both lost value Wednesday. The stock market, the Stock Exchange of  Thailand (SET) closed at 1,470.25, down 13.52 or 0.91%, from Tuesday. The Thai Baht closed at 33.90 Baht to 1 US Dollar, it's lowest point since September 2009. Economists blamed the drop in the Chinese stock markets and uncertainty over the EU's handling of the Greek budget crisis for the drops in Thai markets.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man watches Thai stocks fall in price at a brokerage house in Bangkok. Thai financial markets and the Thai Baht both lost value Wednesday. The stock market, the Stock Exchange of  Thailand (SET) closed at 1,470.25, down 13.52 or 0.91%, from Tuesday. The Thai Baht closed at 33.90 Baht to 1 US Dollar, it's lowest point since September 2009. Economists blamed the drop in the Chinese stock markets and uncertainty over the EU's handling of the Greek budget crisis for the drops in Thai markets.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ThaiFinancialMarkets005.jpg
  • 08 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A person watches the prices of Thai stocks at a brokerage house in Bangkok. Thai financial markets and the Thai Baht both lost value Wednesday. The stock market, the Stock Exchange of  Thailand (SET) closed at 1,470.25, down 13.52 or 0.91%, from Tuesday. The Thai Baht closed at 33.90 Baht to 1 US Dollar, it's lowest point since September 2009. Economists blamed the drop in the Chinese stock markets and uncertainty over the EU's handling of the Greek budget crisis for the drops in Thai markets.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    Tourists line up at a TMB Exchange Booth at Saphin Taksin/Central Pier to exchange their currencies for Thai Baht. Thailand entered a “technical” recession this month after the economy shrank by 0.3% in the second quarter of the year. The 0.3% contraction in gross domestic product between April and June followed a previous fall of 1.7% during the first quarter of 2013. The contraction is being blamed on a drop in demand for exports, a drop in domestic demand and a loss of consumer confidence. At the same time, the value of the Thai Baht against the US Dollar has dropped significantly, from a high of about 28Baht to $1 in April to 32THB to 1USD in August.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thais waiting to buy rice from Yingluck Shinawatra hold up the Thai Baht they were using to pay for the rice. Yingluck Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister deposed in a coup in 2014, has started selling rice directly to Thai consumers. She buys the rice from farmers at market prices and then sells it to urban consumers at the price she paid. She said she's doing it to help out farmers, who are trying to deal with depressed prices. Yingluck is facing prosecution on corruption related charges going back to a rice price support scheme her government used to try to help farmers in 2011 and 2012. Even after the coup, she is still personally popular and hundreds of people showed up to see her at the rice distribution point at a mall in Samut Prakan province, in suburban Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thais waiting to buy rice from Yingluck Shinawatra hold up the Thai Baht they were using to pay for the rice. Yingluck Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister deposed in a coup in 2014, has started selling rice directly to Thai consumers. She buys the rice from farmers at market prices and then sells it to urban consumers at the price she paid. She said she's doing it to help out farmers, who are trying to deal with depressed prices. Yingluck is facing prosecution on corruption related charges going back to a rice price support scheme her government used to try to help farmers in 2011 and 2012. Even after the coup, she is still personally popular and hundreds of people showed up to see her at the rice distribution point at a mall in Samut Prakan province, in suburban Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YingluckRiceDistribution007.jpg
  • 11 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thais waiting to buy rice from Yingluck Shinawatra hold up the Thai Baht they were using to pay for the rice. Yingluck Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister deposed in a coup in 2014, has started selling rice directly to Thai consumers. She buys the rice from farmers at market prices and then sells it to urban consumers at the price she paid. She said she's doing it to help out farmers, who are trying to deal with depressed prices. Yingluck is facing prosecution on corruption related charges going back to a rice price support scheme her government used to try to help farmers in 2011 and 2012. Even after the coup, she is still personally popular and hundreds of people showed up to see her at the rice distribution point at a mall in Samut Prakan province, in suburban Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YingluckRiceDistribution006.jpg
  • 11 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thais waiting to buy rice from Yingluck Shinawatra hold up the Thai Baht they were using to pay for the rice. Yingluck Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister deposed in a coup in 2014, has started selling rice directly to Thai consumers. She buys the rice from farmers at market prices and then sells it to urban consumers at the price she paid. She said she's doing it to help out farmers, who are trying to deal with depressed prices. Yingluck is facing prosecution on corruption related charges going back to a rice price support scheme her government used to try to help farmers in 2011 and 2012. Even after the coup, she is still personally popular and hundreds of people showed up to see her at the rice distribution point at a mall in Samut Prakan province, in suburban Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YingluckRiceDistribution014.jpg
  • 11 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thais waiting to buy rice from Yingluck Shinawatra hold up the Thai Baht they were using to pay for the rice. Yingluck Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister deposed in a coup in 2014, has started selling rice directly to Thai consumers. She buys the rice from farmers at market prices and then sells it to urban consumers at the price she paid. She said she's doing it to help out farmers, who are trying to deal with depressed prices. Yingluck is facing prosecution on corruption related charges going back to a rice price support scheme her government used to try to help farmers in 2011 and 2012. Even after the coup, she is still personally popular and hundreds of people showed up to see her at the rice distribution point at a mall in Samut Prakan province, in suburban Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thais waiting to buy rice from Yingluck Shinawatra hold up the Thai Baht they were using to pay for the rice. Yingluck Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister deposed in a coup in 2014, has started selling rice directly to Thai consumers. She buys the rice from farmers at market prices and then sells it to urban consumers at the price she paid. She said she's doing it to help out farmers, who are trying to deal with depressed prices. Yingluck is facing prosecution on corruption related charges going back to a rice price support scheme her government used to try to help farmers in 2011 and 2012. Even after the coup, she is still personally popular and hundreds of people showed up to see her at the rice distribution point at a mall in Samut Prakan province, in suburban Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YingluckRiceDistribution009.jpg
  • 11 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thais waiting to buy rice from Yingluck Shinawatra hold up the Thai Baht they were using to pay for the rice. Yingluck Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister deposed in a coup in 2014, has started selling rice directly to Thai consumers. She buys the rice from farmers at market prices and then sells it to urban consumers at the price she paid. She said she's doing it to help out farmers, who are trying to deal with depressed prices. Yingluck is facing prosecution on corruption related charges going back to a rice price support scheme her government used to try to help farmers in 2011 and 2012. Even after the coup, she is still personally popular and hundreds of people showed up to see her at the rice distribution point at a mall in Samut Prakan province, in suburban Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    YingluckRiceDistribution011.jpg
  • 11 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thais waiting to buy rice from Yingluck Shinawatra hold up the Thai Baht they were using to pay for the rice. Yingluck Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister deposed in a coup in 2014, has started selling rice directly to Thai consumers. She buys the rice from farmers at market prices and then sells it to urban consumers at the price she paid. She said she's doing it to help out farmers, who are trying to deal with depressed prices. Yingluck is facing prosecution on corruption related charges going back to a rice price support scheme her government used to try to help farmers in 2011 and 2012. Even after the coup, she is still personally popular and hundreds of people showed up to see her at the rice distribution point at a mall in Samut Prakan province, in suburban Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 NOVEMBER 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thais waiting to buy rice from Yingluck Shinawatra hold up the Thai Baht they were using to pay for the rice. Yingluck Shinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister deposed in a coup in 2014, has started selling rice directly to Thai consumers. She buys the rice from farmers at market prices and then sells it to urban consumers at the price she paid. She said she's doing it to help out farmers, who are trying to deal with depressed prices. Yingluck is facing prosecution on corruption related charges going back to a rice price support scheme her government used to try to help farmers in 2011 and 2012. Even after the coup, she is still personally popular and hundreds of people showed up to see her at the rice distribution point at a mall in Samut Prakan province, in suburban Bangkok.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 APRIL 2015 - CHIANG MAI, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: A woman donates money to a boy being ordained at the Poi Sang Long Festival in Chiang Mai. The Poi Sang Long Festival (also called Poy Sang Long) is an ordination ceremony for Tai (also and commonly called Shan, though they prefer Tai) boys in the Shan State of Myanmar (Burma) and in Shan communities in western Thailand. Most Tai boys go into the monastery as novice monks at some point between the ages of seven and fourteen. This year seven boys were ordained at the Poi Sang Long ceremony at Wat Pa Pao in Chiang Mai. Poy Song Long is Tai (Shan) for "Festival of the Jewel (or Crystal) Sons.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 APRIL 2015 - CHIANG MAI, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: A woman donates money to a boy being ordained at the Poi Sang Long Festival in Chiang Mai. The Poi Sang Long Festival (also called Poy Sang Long) is an ordination ceremony for Tai (also and commonly called Shan, though they prefer Tai) boys in the Shan State of Myanmar (Burma) and in Shan communities in western Thailand. Most Tai boys go into the monastery as novice monks at some point between the ages of seven and fourteen. This year seven boys were ordained at the Poi Sang Long ceremony at Wat Pa Pao in Chiang Mai. Poy Song Long is Tai (Shan) for "Festival of the Jewel (or Crystal) Sons.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 NOVEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People place monetary donations into a money tree at a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in the ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall. The alms giving was to assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand, where Buddhist monks on their alms rounds have been targeted by Muslim extremists. The ceremony was sponsored by Wat Phra Dhammakaya, the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s. The temple has become active in Thai politics.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2012 - NAKHON PATHOM, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: A vendor accepts cash for a purchase from a customer in the Nakhon Pathom market.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 NOVEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman places monetary donations into a money tree at a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in the ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall. The alms giving was to assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand, where Buddhist monks on their alms rounds have been targeted by Muslim extremists. The ceremony was sponsored by Wat Phra Dhammakaya, the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s. The temple has become active in Thai politics.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 APRIL 2015 - CHIANG MAI, CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: Money donated to a Tai boy being ordained at the Poi Sang Long at Wat Pa Pao in Chiang Mai. The Poi Sang Long Festival (also called Poy Sang Long) is an ordination ceremony for Tai (also and commonly called Shan, though they prefer Tai) boys in the Shan State of Myanmar (Burma) and in Shan communities in western Thailand. Most Tai boys go into the monastery as novice monks at some point between the ages of seven and fourteen. This year seven boys were ordained at the Poi Sang Long ceremony at Wat Pa Pao in Chiang Mai. Poy Song Long is Tai (Shan) for "Festival of the Jewel (or Crystal) Sons.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 NOVEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman places monetary donations into a money tree at a mass alms giving ceremony in Bangkok Sunday. 10,000 Buddhist monks participated in the ceremony on Rajadamri Road in front of Central World shopping mall. The alms giving was to assist Buddhist temples in the insurgency wracked southern provinces of Thailand, where Buddhist monks on their alms rounds have been targeted by Muslim extremists. The ceremony was sponsored by Wat Phra Dhammakaya, the center of the Dhammakaya Movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s. The temple has become active in Thai politics.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    Money given to a Lion Dancer in a procession tied to the lion's beard on the first day of the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok's Chinatown. The Vegetarian Festival is celebrated throughout Thailand. It is the Thai version of the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival, a nine-day Taoist celebration beginning on the eve of 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar. During a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and abstain from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. Vendors and proprietors of restaurants indicate that vegetarian food is for sale by putting a yellow flag out with Thai characters for meatless written on it in red.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 DECEMBER 2014 - CHUM SAENG, RAYONG, THAILAND: A worker hangs rubber sheets to dry before they are put into a smoker at a large rubber plantation near Chum Saeng, Thailand. Thailand is the second leading rubber exporter in the world. In the last two years, the price paid to rubber farmers has plunged from approximately 190 Baht per kilo (about $6.10 US) to 45 Baht per kilo (about $1.20 US). It costs about 65 Baht per kilo to produce rubber ($2.05 US). Prices have plunged 5 percent since September, when rubber was about 52Baht per kilo. Some rubber farmers have taken jobs in the construction trade or in Bangkok to provide for their families during the slump. The Thai government recently announced a "Rubber Fund" to assist small farm owners but said prices won't rebound until production is cut and world demand for rubber picks up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ4 - CHUM SAENG, RAYONG, THAILAND: A worker sorts smoked rubber sheets during the quality control process on a large rubber plantation near Chum Saeng, Thailand. Thailand is the second leading rubber exporter in the world. In the last two years, the price paid to rubber farmers has plunged from approximately 190 Baht per kilo (about $6.10 US) to 45 Baht per kilo (about $1.20 US). It costs about 65 Baht per kilo to produce rubber ($2.05 US). Prices have plunged 5 percent since September, when rubber was about 52Baht per kilo. Some rubber farmers have taken jobs in the construction trade or in Bangkok to provide for their families during the slump. The Thai government recently announced a "Rubber Fund" to assist small farm owners but said prices won't rebound until production is cut and world demand for rubber picks up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 DECEMBER 2016 - PRACHINBURI, THAILAND: A man holds his 1,500 Baht cash disbursement outside a government credit union in Prachinburi, Thailand. The Thai government said people who earn 30,000 Baht (about $857 US) or less per year are entitled to a 3,000 Baht cash payment (about $85.7 US) and those who earn 30,000 Baht to 100,000 Baht (about $2,857 US) per year are entitled to a 1,500 Baht (about $42.8 US) cash payment. The plan is meant to help low income people, especially the rural poor. Government banks in rural areas offering the disbursement have been crowded with people seeking their payments this week.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ   Social Safety Net
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  • 08 JUNE 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Shoppers and workers walk through 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 Buddhist monk makes his alms round 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 porter makes a delivery 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 food vendor serves a customer 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 porter makes a delivery 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 woman makes "roti" a type of flat bread, 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 shopper buys snacks from a vendor who uses a hand truck 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 flower vendor 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: Workers unload durian, a popular Thai fruit, at 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 banana vendor 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
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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: Shoppers and workers walk through 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 delivers a freshly butchered hog to a meat shop 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 grilled meat vendor 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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  • 15 DECEMBER 2016 - PRACHINBURI, THAILAND: People wait for their cash disbursements in a government credit union in Prachinburi, Thailand. The Thai government said people who earn 30,000 Baht (about $857 US) or less per year are entitled to a 3,000 Baht cash payment (about $85.7 US) and those who earn 30,000 Baht to 100,000 Baht (about $2,857 US) per year are entitled to a 1,500 Baht (about $42.8 US) cash payment. The plan is meant to help low income people, especially the rural poor. Government banks in rural areas offering the disbursement have been crowded with people seeking their payments this week.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ   Social Safety Net
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  • 15 DECEMBER 2016 - PRACHINBURI, THAILAND: A man waits for his cash disbursements in a government credit union in Prachinburi, Thailand. The Thai government said people who earn 30,000 Baht (about $857 US) or less per year are entitled to a 3,000 Baht cash payment (about $85.7 US) and those who earn 30,000 Baht to 100,000 Baht (about $2,857 US) per year are entitled to a 1,500 Baht (about $42.8 US) cash payment. The plan is meant to help low income people, especially the rural poor. Government banks in rural areas offering the disbursement have been crowded with people seeking their payments this week.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ   Social Safety Net
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2015 - MAHACHAI, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND:  Workers descale fresh fish in the market in Mahachai, one of Thailand's largest fishing ports. Thailand's fishing industry had been facing an October deadline from the European Union to address issues related to overfishing and labor practices. Failure to adequately address the issues could have resulted in a ban on Thai exports to the EU. In September Thai officials announced that they had secured an extension of the deadline. Officials did not say how much extra time they had to meet the EU goals. Thailand's overall annual exports to the EU are between 23.2 billion Thai Baht and 30 billion Thai Baht (US$645 million to US $841 million). Thailand's total fish exports were worth about 110 billion baht in 2014.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 DECEMBER 2014 - CHUM SAENG, RAYONG, THAILAND: A worker hangs rubber sheets to dry before they are put into a smoker at a large rubber plantation near Chum Saeng, Thailand. Thailand is the second leading rubber exporter in the world. In the last two years, the price paid to rubber farmers has plunged from approximately 190 Baht per kilo (about $6.10 US) to 45 Baht per kilo (about $1.20 US). It costs about 65 Baht per kilo to produce rubber ($2.05 US). Prices have plunged 5 percent since September, when rubber was about 52Baht per kilo. Some rubber farmers have taken jobs in the construction trade or in Bangkok to provide for their families during the slump. The Thai government recently announced a "Rubber Fund" to assist small farm owners but said prices won't rebound until production is cut and world demand for rubber picks up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ4 as about 52Baht per kilo. Some rubber farmers have taken jobs in the construction trade or in Bangkok to provide for their families during the slump. The Thai government recently announced a "Rubber Fund" to assist small farm owners but said prices won't rebound until production is cut and world demand for rubber picks up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 DECEMBER 2014 - CHUM SAENG, RAYONG, THAILAND: WIN, a laborer on a large rubber plantation in eastern Thailand, taps a rubber tree. Rubber trees are tapped at night and the latex collected from the base of each tree in the morning. Thailand is the second leading rubber exporter in the world. In the last two years, the price paid to rubber farmers has plunged from approximately 190 Baht per kilo (about $6.10 US) to 45 Baht per kilo (about $1.20 US). It costs about 65 Baht per kilo to produce rubber ($2.05 US). Prices have plunged 5 percent since September, when rubber was about 52Baht per kilo. Some rubber farmers have taken jobs in the construction trade or in Bangkok to provide for their families during the slump. The Thai government recently announced a "Rubber Fund" to assist small farm owners but said prices won't rebound until production is cut and world demand for rubber picks up.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JUNE 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers unload durian, a popular Thai fruit, at 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 food vendor packages a to-go order for customer 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 woman makes "roti" a type of flat bread, 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 Buddhist monk makes his alms round 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: Shoppers and workers walk through 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: Grilled catfish 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 delivers a freshly butchered hog to a meat shop 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 delivers a freshly butchered hog to a meat shop 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:  Workers kill and butcher catfish 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 vendor selling chilies and fresh vegetables 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 vendor selling chilies and fresh vegetables 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: Porters wait for customers 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
    KhlongToeiMarket004.jpg
  • 15 DECEMBER 2016 - PRACHINBURI, THAILAND:  A man walks away from the teller windows after picking up his cash disbursements in a government credit union in Prachinburi, Thailand. The Thai government said people who earn 30,000 Baht (about $857 US) or less per year are entitled to a 3,000 Baht cash payment (about $85.7 US) and those who earn 30,000 Baht to 100,000 Baht (about $2,857 US) per year are entitled to a 1,500 Baht (about $42.8 US) cash payment. The plan is meant to help low income people, especially the rural poor. Government banks in rural areas offering the disbursement have been crowded with people seeking their payments this week.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ   Social Safety Net
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  • 15 DECEMBER 2016 - PRACHINBURI, THAILAND: A man waits for his cash disbursements in a government credit union in Prachinburi, Thailand. The Thai government said people who earn 30,000 Baht (about $857 US) or less per year are entitled to a 3,000 Baht cash payment (about $85.7 US) and those who earn 30,000 Baht to 100,000 Baht (about $2,857 US) per year are entitled to a 1,500 Baht (about $42.8 US) cash payment. The plan is meant to help low income people, especially the rural poor. Government banks in rural areas offering the disbursement have been crowded with people seeking their payments this week.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ   Social Safety Net
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  • 15 DECEMBER 2016 - PRACHINBURI, THAILAND:  People wait in line for their cash disbursements in a government credit union in Prachinburi, Thailand. The Thai government said people who earn 30,000 Baht (about $857 US) or less per year are entitled to a 3,000 Baht cash payment (about $85.7 US) and those who earn 30,000 Baht to 100,000 Baht (about $2,857 US) per year are entitled to a 1,500 Baht (about $42.8 US) cash payment. The plan is meant to help low income people, especially the rural poor. Government banks in rural areas offering the disbursement have been crowded with people seeking their payments this week.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ   Social Safety Net
    FarmerCashDisbursement001.jpg
  • 01 OCTOBER 2015 - MAHACHAI, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND:  Members of a fishing crew relax after their trawler returned to port in Mahachai, one of Thailand's largest fishing ports. Thailand's fishing industry had been facing an October deadline from the European Union to address issues related to overfishing and labor practices. Failure to adequately address the issues could have resulted in a ban on Thai exports to the EU. In September Thai officials announced that they had secured an extension of the deadline. Officials did not say how much extra time they had to meet the EU goals. Thailand's overall annual exports to the EU are between 23.2 billion Thai Baht and 30 billion Thai Baht (US$645 million to US $841 million). Thailand's total fish exports were worth about 110 billion baht in 2014.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2015 - MAHACHAI, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Fishing crewmen on the back of a Thai fishing trawler in Mahachai, one of Thailand's largest fishing ports. Thailand's fishing industry had been facing an October deadline from the European Union to address issues related to overfishing and labor practices. Failure to adequately address the issues could have resulted in a ban on Thai exports to the EU. In September Thai officials announced that they had secured an extension of the deadline. Officials did not say how much extra time they had to meet the EU goals. Thailand's overall annual exports to the EU are between 23.2 billion Thai Baht and 30 billion Thai Baht (US$645 million to US $841 million). Thailand's total fish exports were worth about 110 billion baht in 2014.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 DECEMBER 2014 - CHUM SAENG, RAYONG, THAILAND: A worker sorts smoked rubber sheets during the quality control process on a large rubber plantation near Chum Saeng, Thailand. Thailand is the second leading rubber exporter in the world. In the last two years, the price paid to rubber farmers has plunged from approximately 190 Baht per kilo (about $6.10 US) to 45 Baht per kilo (about $1.20 US). It costs about 65 Baht per kilo to produce rubber ($2.05 US). Prices have plunged 5 percent since September, when rubber was about 52Baht per kilo. Some rubber farmers have taken jobs in the construction trade or in Bangkok to provide for their families during the slump. The Thai government recently announced a "Rubber Fund" to assist small farm owners but said prices won't rebound until production is cut and world demand for rubber picks up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 DECEMBER 2014 - KLAENG, RAYONG, THAILAND: A worker sorts dried rubber sheets at a quality control station at Supark, a rubber processing plant in Klaeng, Thailand. Thailand is the second leading rubber exporter in the world. In the last two years, the price paid to rubber farmers has plunged from approximately 190 Baht per kilo (about $6.10 US) to 45 Baht per kilo (about $1.20 US). It costs about 65 Baht per kilo to produce rubber ($2.05 US). Prices have plunged 5 percent since September, when rubber was about 52Baht per kilo. Some rubber farmers have taken jobs in the construction trade or in Bangkok to provide for their families during the slump. The Thai government recently announced a "Rubber Fund" to assist small farm owners but said prices won't rebound until production is cut and world demand for rubber picks up.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 DECEMBER 2014 - CHUM SAENG, RAYONG, THAILAND: A farmer unloads rubber sheets from his truck at a rubber buying station in Chum Saeng, Thailand. Thailand is the second leading rubber exporter in the world. In the last two years, the price paid to rubber farmers has plunged from approximately 190 Baht per kilo (about $6.10 US) to 45 Baht per kilo (about $1.20 US). It costs about 65 Baht per kilo to produce rubber ($2.05 US). Prices have plunged 5 percent since September, when rubber was about 52Baht per kilo. Some rubber farmers have taken jobs in the construction trade or in Bangkok to provide for their families during the slump. The Thai government recently announced a "Rubber Fund" to assist small farm owners but said prices won't rebound until production is cut and world demand for rubber picks up.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 JUNE 2017 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Buddhist monk makes his alms round 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 delivers a freshly butchered hog to a meat shop 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 porter makes a delivery 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 vendor selling chilies and fresh vegetables 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: Morning traffic in front of 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: Morning traffic in front of 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
    KhlongToeiMarket001.jpg
  • 01 OCTOBER 2015 - MAHACHAI, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND:  Thai fishing trawlers in port in Mahachai, one of Thailand's largest fishing ports. Thailand's fishing industry had been facing an October deadline from the European Union to address issues related to overfishing and labor practices. Failure to adequately address the issues could have resulted in a ban on Thai exports to the EU. In September Thai officials announced that they had secured an extension of the deadline. Officials did not say how much extra time they had to meet the EU goals. Thailand's overall annual exports to the EU are between 23.2 billion Thai Baht and 30 billion Thai Baht (US$645 million to US $841 million). Thailand's total fish exports were worth about 110 billion baht in 2014.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 DECEMBER 2014 - CHUM SAENG, RAYONG, THAILAND: A worker hangs rubber sheets to dry before they are put into a smoker at a large rubber plantation near Chum Saeng, Thailand. Thailand is the second leading rubber exporter in the world. In the last two years, the price paid to rubber farmers has plunged from approximately 190 Baht per kilo (about $6.10 US) to 45 Baht per kilo (about $1.20 US). It costs about 65 Baht per kilo to produce rubber ($2.05 US). Prices have plunged 5 percent since September, when rubber was about 52Baht per kilo. Some rubber farmers have taken jobs in the construction trade or in Bangkok to provide for their families during the slump. The Thai government recently announced a "Rubber Fund" to assist small farm owners but said prices won't rebound until production is cut and world demand for rubber picks up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 DECEMBER 2014 - CHUM SAENG, RAYONG, THAILAND: Workers perform quality control inspections on liquid latex in the intake area of a large rubber plantation near Chum Saeng, Thailand. Thailand is the second leading rubber exporter in the world. In the last two years, the price paid to rubber farmers has plunged from approximately 190 Baht per kilo (about $6.10 US) to 45 Baht per kilo (about $1.20 US). It costs about 65 Baht per kilo to produce rubber ($2.05 US). Prices have plunged 5 percent since September, when rubber was about 52Baht per kilo. Some rubber farmers have taken jobs in the construction trade or in Bangkok to provide for their families during the slump. The Thai government recently announced a "Rubber Fund" to assist small farm owners but said prices won't rebound until production is cut and world demand for rubber picks up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RubberCrisisContinues077.jpg
  • 15 DECEMBER 2014 - KLAENG, RAYONG, THAILAND: A worker sorts dried rubber sheets at a quality control station at Supark, a rubber processing plant in Klaeng, Thailand. Thailand is the second leading rubber exporter in the world. In the last two years, the price paid to rubber farmers has plunged from approximately 190 Baht per kilo (about $6.10 US) to 45 Baht per kilo (about $1.20 US). It costs about 65 Baht per kilo to produce rubber ($2.05 US). Prices have plunged 5 percent since September, when rubber was about 52Baht per kilo. Some rubber farmers have taken jobs in the construction trade or in Bangkok to provide for their families during the slump. The Thai government recently announced a "Rubber Fund" to assist small farm owners but said prices won't rebound until production is cut and world demand for rubber picks up.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 DECEMBER 2014 - KLAENG, RAYONG, THAILAND: TA worker stacks rubber sheets at Supark, a rubber processing plant in Klaeng, Thailand. Thailand is the second leading rubber exporter in the world. In the last two years, the price paid to rubber farmers has plunged from approximately 190 Baht per kilo (about $6.10 US) to 45 Baht per kilo (about $1.20 US). It costs about 65 Baht per kilo to produce rubber ($2.05 US). Prices have plunged 5 percent since September, when rubber was about 52Baht per kilo. Some rubber farmers have taken jobs in the construction trade or in Bangkok to provide for their families during the slump. The Thai government recently announced a "Rubber Fund" to assist small farm owners but said prices won't rebound until production is cut and world demand for rubber picks up.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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