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  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: People leave the Abdul Gaffoor Mosque in Singapore's "Little India" after evening prayers. The mosque is popular with Muslims in Singapore's guest worker community. There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: People leave the Abdul Gaffoor Mosque in Singapore's "Little India" after evening prayers. The mosque is popular with Muslims in Singapore's guest worker community. There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Singapore2017037.jpg
  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese migrant worker walks through Samut Sakhon, Thailand. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BurmeseMigrantWorkersMahachai0620140...jpg
  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND:  A Burmese migrant worker cleans squid in front of his home in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BurmeseMigrantWorkersMahachai0620140...jpg
  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND:  A Burmese migrant worker cleans squid in front of his home in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BurmeseMigrantWorkersMahachai0620140...jpg
  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese migrant worker in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BurmeseMigrantWorkersMahachai0620140...jpg
  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese migrant worker pushes buckets of shrimp through a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BurmeseMigrantWorkersMahachai0620140...jpg
  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese migrant worker in a shrimp processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BurmeseMigrantWorkersMahachai0620140...jpg
  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese migrant worker walks through Samut Sakhon, Thailand. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BurmeseMigrantWorkersMahachai0620140...jpg
  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND:  A Burmese migrant worker cleans squid in front of his home in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BurmeseMigrantWorkersMahachai0620140...jpg
  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese migrant worker pushes buckets of shrimp through a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BurmeseMigrantWorkersMahachai0620140...jpg
  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese migrant worker carries a bucket of shrimp through a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BurmeseMigrantWorkersMahachai0620140...jpg
  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker in the "Corner Bar" on Soi Cowboy in a "red light" district in Bangkok. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SoiCowboySoiNana4007.jpg
  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker in the "Corner Bar" on Soi Cowboy in a "red light" district in Bangkok. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SoiCowboySoiNana4006.jpg
  • 30 MAY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker for a local electrical utility strings power lines by walking along existing power lines along Ekkamai Soi 63 in Bangkok.  Most of the electricity consumed in Bangkok is generated in Laos and Myanmar. In 2013, the Bangkok Metropolitan Region consumed about 40 per cent of the Thailand's electricity, even though the BMR is only 1.5 per cent of the country’s land area and about 22 per cent of its population.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokElectricLineman005.jpg
  • 30 MAY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker for a local electrical utility strings power lines by walking along existing power lines along Ekkamai Soi 63 in Bangkok.  Most of the electricity consumed in Bangkok is generated in Laos and Myanmar. In 2013, the Bangkok Metropolitan Region consumed about 40 per cent of the Thailand's electricity, even though the BMR is only 1.5 per cent of the country’s land area and about 22 per cent of its population.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokElectricLineman001.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:  A worker on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi lays out nets before harvesting shrimp in a pond. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm009.jpg
  • 12 MARCH 2006 - CAI BE, TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM: A woman worker in a brick factory near Cai Be in the Mekong River delta. The Mekong is the lifeblood of southern Vietnam. It is the country's rice bowl and has enabled Vietnam to become the second leading rice exporting country in the world (after Thailand). The Mekong delta also carries commercial and passenger traffic throughout the region.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
    Vietnam05003.jpg
  • 30 MAY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker for a local electrical utility strings power lines by walking along existing power lines along Ekkamai Soi 63 in Bangkok.  Most of the electricity consumed in Bangkok is generated in Laos and Myanmar. In 2013, the Bangkok Metropolitan Region consumed about 40 per cent of the Thailand's electricity, even though the BMR is only 1.5 per cent of the country’s land area and about 22 per cent of its population.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokElectricLineman007.jpg
  • 30 MAY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker for a local electrical utility strings power lines by walking along existing power lines along Ekkamai Soi 63 in Bangkok.  Most of the electricity consumed in Bangkok is generated in Laos and Myanmar. In 2013, the Bangkok Metropolitan Region consumed about 40 per cent of the Thailand's electricity, even though the BMR is only 1.5 per cent of the country’s land area and about 22 per cent of its population.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokElectricLineman006.jpg
  • 30 MAY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker for a local electrical utility strings power lines by walking along existing power lines along Ekkamai Soi 63 in Bangkok.  Most of the electricity consumed in Bangkok is generated in Laos and Myanmar. In 2013, the Bangkok Metropolitan Region consumed about 40 per cent of the Thailand's electricity, even though the BMR is only 1.5 per cent of the country’s land area and about 22 per cent of its population.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokElectricLineman004.jpg
  • 30 MAY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker for a local electrical utility strings power lines by walking along existing power lines along Ekkamai Soi 63 in Bangkok.  Most of the electricity consumed in Bangkok is generated in Laos and Myanmar. In 2013, the Bangkok Metropolitan Region consumed about 40 per cent of the Thailand's electricity, even though the BMR is only 1.5 per cent of the country’s land area and about 22 per cent of its population.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokElectricLineman003.jpg
  • 30 MAY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker for a local electrical utility strings power lines by walking along existing power lines along Ekkamai Soi 63 in Bangkok.  Most of the electricity consumed in Bangkok is generated in Laos and Myanmar. In 2013, the Bangkok Metropolitan Region consumed about 40 per cent of the Thailand's electricity, even though the BMR is only 1.5 per cent of the country’s land area and about 22 per cent of its population.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokElectricLineman002.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   A worker sorts shrimp in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm045.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    A worker sets nets in a shrimp pond in Saphunburi. Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm028.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    A worker sets nets in a shrimp pond in Saphunburi. Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm027.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:  A worker on a shrimp hauls in nets during a harvest. The farm has not yet been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm019.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   A worker on a shrimp hauls farm in nets during a harvest. The farm has not yet been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm018.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A worker on a shrimp in Saphunburi. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm005.jpg
  • 22 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A worker on the scaffolding at the Bhiraj Tower construction site. The Bhiraj Tower is new mixed use residential/office/retail complex under construction on Sukhmvit Road at Soi 33, across the street from the Emporium, a high end retail center. The Bhiraj should be finished in 2014 and will be 45 stories tall.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokConstruction0224001.jpg
  • 22 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A worker guides cement up to the scaffolding at the Bhiraj Tower construction site. The Bhiraj Tower is new mixed use residential/office/retail complex under construction on Sukhmvit Road at Soi 33, across the street from the Emporium, a high end retail center. The Bhiraj should be finished in 2014 and will be 45 stories tall.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokConstruction030.jpg
  • 22 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A worker guides cement up to the scaffolding at the Bhiraj Tower construction site. The Bhiraj Tower is new mixed use residential/office/retail complex under construction on Sukhmvit Road at Soi 33, across the street from the Emporium, a high end retail center. The Bhiraj should be finished in 2014 and will be 45 stories tall.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokConstruction029.jpg
  • 22 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A worker guides cement up to the scaffolding at the Bhiraj Tower construction site. The Bhiraj Tower is new mixed use residential/office/retail complex under construction on Sukhmvit Road at Soi 33, across the street from the Emporium, a high end retail center. The Bhiraj should be finished in 2014 and will be 45 stories tall.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokConstruction028.jpg
  • 22 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A worker uses a cement drill at the Siam Square 1 construction site in Bangkok. Siam Square 1 is a new retail development under construction on Th. Rama I between Henri Durant and Phaya Thai across the street from Siam Center. It will join a very crowded retail environment in the Ratchaprasong Intersection area that includes Siam Center, Siam Paragon, Gaysorn, Erawan and MBK.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokConstruction022.jpg
  • 12 MARCH 2006 - CAI BE, TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM: A woman worker in a brick factory near Cai Be in the Mekong River delta. The Mekong is the lifeblood of southern Vietnam. It is the country's rice bowl and has enabled Vietnam to become the second leading rice exporting country in the world (after Thailand). The Mekong delta also carries commercial and passenger traffic throughout the region.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
    Vietnam05006.jpg
  • 12 MARCH 2006 - CAI BE, TIEN GIANG, VIETNAM: A woman worker in a brick factory near Cai Be in the Mekong River delta. The Mekong is the lifeblood of southern Vietnam. It is the country's rice bowl and has enabled Vietnam to become the second leading rice exporting country in the world (after Thailand). The Mekong delta also carries commercial and passenger traffic throughout the region.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
    Vietnam05004.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: A tent set up by Singtel, a Singapore cellular carrier, on a street in Little India in Singapore. Guest workers from the Indian sub-continent buy Singapore SIM cards at the tent. There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Singapore2017027.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: Guest workers from the Indian sub-continent line Serangoon Road in the heart of Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood. There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Singapore2017036.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: Hindu guest workers in Singapore walk around a deity in Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple in Singapore's "Little India." There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Singapore2017033.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: Guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in front of a mural in Singapore. There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Singapore2017032.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: Guest workers from the Indian sub-continent line up to get into a Western Union to send money back to their families. There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Singapore2017031.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: Guest workers from the Indian sub-continent line up to get into a Western Union to send money back to their families. There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Singapore2017030.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: Guest workers from the Indian sub-continent on Dunlop Street in Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood. There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Singapore2017029.jpg
  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: Guest workers from the Indian sub-continent on Dunlop Street in Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood. There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: Guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in front of a mural in Singapore. There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE: Guest workers from the Indian sub-continent walk past Abdul Gaffoor Mosque in Singapore's "Little India." There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Singapore2017025.jpg
  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers sort farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese children of Burmese migrant workers in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers sort farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers relax in a shrimp processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers unload a truckload of farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE:  A Hindu priest hands out bananas that have been blessed in Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple in Singapore's "Little India." There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JULY 2017 - SINGAPORE:  A Hindu man prays in Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple in Singapore's "Little India." There are hundreds of thousands of guest workers from the Indian sub-continent in Singapore. Most work 5 ½ to six days per week. On Sundays, the normal day off, they come into Singapore's "Little India" neighborhood to eat, drink, send money home, go to doctors and dentists and socialize. Most of the workers live in dormitory style housing far from central Singapore and Sunday is the only day they have away from their job sites. Most work in blue collar fields, like construction or as laborers.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers sort farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers sort farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers sort farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers sort farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers sort farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers sort farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers sort farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers sort farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers sort farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers sort farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese migrant workers sort farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Farm raised shrimp at a processing center in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese women process seafood in front of the tenement building in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese barber gives a boy haircut in a Burmese barbershop in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A Burmese barber gives a boy haircut in a Burmese barbershop in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: A woman sells lychees to Burmese migrants in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JUNE 2014 - SAMUT SAKHON, SAMUT SAKHON, THAILAND: Burmese betel nut vendors sell betel to Burmese migrants in Samut Sakhon. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar work in the Thai fishing industry. Samut Sakhon, (sometimes still called Mahachai, its historical name) is a large fishing port. Many Burmese live in the town and work in the fish process plants. Although hundreds of thousands of Cambodians fled Thailand last week after the military coup, the Burmese workers have stayed and are still working in many Thai towns.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai construction workers walk home after a day on the job in Bangkok. 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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  • 20 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai construction workers walk home after a day on the job in Bangkok. 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 $1 in April to 32THB to 1USD in August.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A taxi passes the entrance to the Nana Entertainment Plaza, a "red light" district in Bangkok. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Entrance to the Nana Entertainment Plaza, a "red light" district in Bangkok. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Traffic in front of the entrance to the Nana Entertainment Plaza, a "red light" district in Bangkok. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Waitresses and dancers at a bar on Soi Cowboy in Bangkok look for drinks in a convenience store across the street from their bar. Soi Cowboy is a "red light" district in Bangkok and home to several brothels and "short time" hotels that charge by the hour for their rooms. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Waitresses and dancers at a bar on Soi Cowboy in Bangkok look for drinks in a convenience store across the street from their bar. Soi Cowboy is a "red light" district in Bangkok and home to several brothels and "short time" hotels that charge by the hour for their rooms. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Women in the "Corner Bar" on Soi Cowboy in Bangkok. Soi Cowboy is a "red light" district that is home to several brothels and "short time" hotels that charge by the hour for their rooms. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Women in the "Corner Bar" on Soi Cowboy in Bangkok. Soi Cowboy is a "red light" district that is home to several brothels and "short time" hotels that charge by the hour for their rooms. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People drink at a beer bar frequented by prostitutes and their customers on Soi Cowboy, a "red light" district in Bangkok, during a rainy season downpour. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman walks past the "Corner Bar" during a rain storm on Soi Cowboy in Bangkok. Soi Cowboy is a "red light" district that is home to several brothels and "short time" hotels that charge by the hour for their rooms. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai woman walks in the rain past a beer bar frequented by prostitutes and their customers on Soi Cowboy, a "red light" district in Bangkok. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A noodle vendor pushes his cart past a beer bar frequented by prostitutes and their customers on Soi Cowboy, a "red light" district in Bangkok during a rainy season downpour.  Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2011 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Schoolgirls walk down Soi Cowboy, a "red light" district in Bangkok after school. Prostitution in Thailand is illegal, although in practice it is tolerated and partly regulated. Prostitution is practiced openly throughout the country. The number of prostitutes is difficult to determine, estimates vary widely. Since the Vietnam War, Thailand has gained international notoriety among travelers from many countries as a sex tourism destination. One estimate published in 2003 placed the trade at US$ 4.3 billion per year or about three percent of the Thai economy. It has been suggested that at least 10% of tourist dollars may be spent on the sex trade. According to a 2001 report by the World Health Organisation: "There are between 150,000 and 200,000 sex workers (in Thailand)."  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai construction workers walk home after a day on the job in Bangkok. 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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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers carry baskets of a shrimp to a truck that will take the shrimp to another shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers weigh baskets of shrimp they pulled out of a shrimp pond in Saphunburi province in Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    Workers haul shrimp out of a pond in Saphunburi province of Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers haul in a net full of baby fish and shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm031.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers haul in a net full of baby fish and shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm030.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm017.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm016.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect – Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm014.jpg
  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi province of Thailand, harvest shrimp from a pond. Many farms in the area have been hit by EMS. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam, Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    ShrimpFarm013.jpg
  • 22 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers install conduit on the Siam Square 1 construction site. Siam Square 1 is a new retail development under construction on Th. Rama I between Henri Durant and Phaya Thai across the street from Siam Center. It will join a very crowded retail environment in the Ratchaprasong Intersection area that includes Siam Center, Siam Paragon, Gaysorn, Erawan and MBK.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers install conduit on the Siam Square 1 construction site. Siam Square 1 is a new retail development under construction on Th. Rama I between Henri Durant and Phaya Thai across the street from Siam Center. It will join a very crowded retail environment in the Ratchaprasong Intersection area that includes Siam Center, Siam Paragon, Gaysorn, Erawan and MBK.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers on the scaffolding in the Siam Square 1 construction site. Siam Square 1 is a new retail development under construction on Th. Rama I between Henri Durant and Phaya Thai across the street from Siam Center. It will join a very crowded retail environment in the Ratchaprasong Intersection area that includes Siam Center, Siam Paragon, Gaysorn, Erawan and MBK.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokConstruction024.jpg
  • 22 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers on the scaffolding in the Siam Square 1 construction site. Siam Square 1 is a new retail development under construction on Th. Rama I between Henri Durant and Phaya Thai across the street from Siam Center. It will join a very crowded retail environment in the Ratchaprasong Intersection area that includes Siam Center, Siam Paragon, Gaysorn, Erawan and MBK.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokConstruction023.jpg
  • 22 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers install conduit on the Siam Square 1 construction site. Siam Square 1 is a new retail development under construction on Th. Rama I between Henri Durant and Phaya Thai across the street from Siam Center. It will join a very crowded retail environment in the Ratchaprasong Intersection area that includes Siam Center, Siam Paragon, Gaysorn, Erawan and MBK.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokConstruction019.jpg
  • 22 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Workers install conduit on the Siam Square 1 construction site. Siam Square 1 is a new retail development under construction on Th. Rama I between Henri Durant and Phaya Thai across the street from Siam Center. It will join a very crowded retail environment in the Ratchaprasong Intersection area that includes Siam Center, Siam Paragon, Gaysorn, Erawan and MBK.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BangkokConstruction018.jpg
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