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  • Mar 10, 2009 -- UDON THANI, THAILAND:  A station master checks his watch while waiting for the Bangkok to Nong Khai Express Train to leave the station. The train to Nong Khai is the way most tourists travel from Bangkok to Laos. Nong Khai is just across the Mekong River from Vientiane, Laos. Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Farmers harvest cassava in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Farmers harvest cassava in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Farmers harvest cassava in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Farmers harvest cassava in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Farmers harvest cassava in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Farmers harvest cassava in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Farmers harvest cassava in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Farmers harvest cassava in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Farmers harvest cassava in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Farmers harvest cassava in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Farmers harvest cassava in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Farmers harvest cassava in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BuriRamDrought060.jpg
  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Farmers harvest cassava in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: A farmer picks up cassava in his field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: A farmer picks up cassava in his field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: Harvested cassava in a basket in a field in Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    BuriRamDrought056.jpg
  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND:  A woman planting cassava in her field in Nakhon Ratchasima province Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JANUARY 2016 - NONG YA KHAO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND:  A farmer tills his cassava field in Nakhon Ratchasima province Thailand. Cassava, a drought resistant root vegetable, is one of the vegetables the Thai government is encouraging farmers to grow instead of rice and other more water dependent crops. Thailand is the world's leading exporter of dried cassava flakes.  The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: Thai soldiers talk to Muslim men in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: A Muslim boy watches a Thai soldier search his father in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    TakBaiAnniversary2012014.jpg
  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: A soldier in the Royal Thai Army on duty in front of a 7-11 convenience store in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    TakBaiAnniversary2012010.jpg
  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: A soldier in the Royal Thai Army armed with MINI (machinegun) in front of a Muslim convenience store in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    TakBaiAnniversary2012008.jpg
  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: Thai Rangers (paramilitary operating under Army command) check the IDs of Muslim men at a checkpoint in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    TakBaiAnniversary2012007.jpg
  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: Thai women Rangers (paramilitary operating under Army command) pass  Muslim women through a checkpoint in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    TakBaiAnniversary2012005.jpg
  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: AThai woman Ranger (paramilitary operating under Army command) at a checkpoint in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    TakBaiAnniversary2012004.jpg
  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: Members of the Thai Army check the ID's of people entering Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    TakBaiAnniversary2012002.jpg
  • 10 MAY 2016 - LAM NANG RONG, BURI RAM, THAILAND: Women plant cassava in a field in Buri Ram, Thailand. Many farmers in Thailand are several weeks behind schedule because of the drought in Thailand. Cassava is one of the crops the Thai government is suggesting farmers plant instead of rice. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - LAM NANG RONG, BURI RAM, THAILAND: Women plant cassava in a field in Buri Ram, Thailand. Many farmers in Thailand are several weeks behind schedule because of the drought in Thailand. Cassava is one of the crops the Thai government is suggesting farmers plant instead of rice. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - LAM NANG RONG, BURI RAM, THAILAND: Women plant cassava in a field in Buri Ram, Thailand. Many farmers in Thailand are several weeks behind schedule because of the drought in Thailand. Cassava is one of the crops the Thai government is suggesting farmers plant instead of rice. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - LAM NANG RONG, BURI RAM, THAILAND: Women plant cassava in a field in Buri Ram, Thailand. Many farmers in Thailand are several weeks behind schedule because of the drought in Thailand. Cassava is one of the crops the Thai government is suggesting farmers plant instead of rice. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - LAM NANG RONG, BURI RAM, THAILAND: A farmer spreads rice seed in his field in Buri Ram, Thailand. Many farmers in Thailand are several weeks behind schedule because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - LAM NANG RONG, BURI RAM, THAILAND: A farmer spreads rice seed in his field in Buri Ram, Thailand. Many farmers in Thailand are several weeks behind schedule because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - LAM NANG RONG, BURI RAM, THAILAND: A farmer spreads rice seed in his field in Buri Ram, Thailand. Many farmers in Thailand are several weeks behind schedule because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - LAM NANG RONG, BURI RAM, THAILAND: A farmer spreads rice seed in his field in Buri Ram, Thailand. Many farmers in Thailand are several weeks behind schedule because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - LAM NANG RONG, BURI RAM, THAILAND: A farmer spreads rice seed in his field in Buri Ram, Thailand. Many farmers in Thailand are several weeks behind schedule because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2016 - KHAM THALE SO, NAKHON RATCHASIMA, THAILAND: A dried irrigation canal in Nakhon Ratchasima province. At this time of year it should be full but hasn't been used in months because of the drought in Thailand. The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2016 - SI LIAM, BURI RAM, THAILAND:  Neighbors talk about the drought in Thailand. The woman in the tractor (left) goes out looking for water and then sells what she doesn't use. The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2016 - SI LIAM, BURI RAM, THAILAND:  Neighbors talk about the drought in Thailand. The woman in the tractor (left) goes out looking for water and then sells what she doesn't use. The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2016 - SI LIAM, BURI RAM, THAILAND:  Neighbors talk about the drought in Thailand. The woman in the tractor (left) goes out looking for water and then sells what she doesn't use. The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 JANUARY 2016 - SI LIAM, BURI RAM, THAILAND:  Neighbors talk about the drought in Thailand. The woman in the tractor (left) goes out looking for water and then sells what she doesn't use. The drought gripping Thailand was not broken during the rainy season. Because of the Pacific El Nino weather pattern, the rainy season was lighter than usual and many communities in Thailand, especially in northeastern and central Thailand, are still in drought like conditions. Some communities, like Si Liam, in Buri Ram, are running out of water for domestic consumption and residents are traveling miles every day to get water or they buy to from water trucks that occasionally come to the community. The Thai government has told farmers that can't plant a second rice crop (Thai farmers usually get two rice crops a year from their paddies). The government is also considering diverting water from the Mekong and Salaween Rivers, on Thailand's borders to meet domestic needs but Thailand's downstream neighbors object to that because it could leave them short of water.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Burmese Mon woman sits in the road and prays before making merit and present Mon Buddhist monks with food during the morning alms round in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Burmese Mon woman sits in the road and prays before making merit and present Mon Buddhist monks with food during the morning alms round in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Burmese Mon women sit in the road and pray before making merit and present Mon Buddhist monks with food during the morning alms round in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Burmese Mon women sit in the road and pray before making merit and present Mon Buddhist monks with food during the morning alms round in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: People present food and other offerings to Mon Buddhists monks on their morning alms rounds in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: People present food and other offerings to Mon Buddhists monks on their morning alms rounds in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Burmese Mon women sit in the road and pray before making merit and present Mon Buddhist monks with food during the morning alms round in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Burmese Mon woman sits in the road and prays before making merit and present Mon Buddhist monks with food during the morning alms round in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  People present food and other offerings to Mon Buddhists monks on their morning alms rounds in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  People present food and other offerings to Mon Buddhists monks on their morning alms rounds in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Mon Burmese woman with thanaka powder on her face waits to present Mon Buddhist monks with food and other offerings during the morning alms rounds in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri.  The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Mon Burmese woman with thanaka powder on her face waits to present Mon Buddhist monks with food and other offerings during the morning alms rounds in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri.  The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: People present food and other offerings to Mon Buddhists monks on their morning alms rounds in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A Mon Buddhist monk during the morning alms round in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A woman pauses after presenting Mon Buddhist monks with food during the morning alms round in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: People present food and other offerings to Mon Buddhists monks on their morning alms rounds in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: People present food and other offerings to Mon Buddhists monks on their morning alms rounds in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: People present food and other offerings to Mon Buddhists monks on their morning alms rounds in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A woman walks up the road to make merit and present Mon Buddhist monks with food during the morning alms round in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  A woman waits to make merit and present Mon Buddhist monks with food during the morning alms round in the Mon community in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  Flowers and food for offerings for Mon Buddhist monks in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 SEPTEMBER 2014 - SANGKHLA BURI, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  A Mon Buddhist monk walks over a bridge near Sam Prasob, a point where three rivers come together in Sangkhla Buri. The Mon were some of the first people to settle in Southeast Asia, and were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand and  Indochina. The Mon homeland is in southwestern Thailand and southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The Mon in Thailand traditionally allied themselves with the Thais during the frequent wars between Burmese and Siamese Empires in the 16th - 19th centuries and the Mon in Thailand have been assimilated into Thai culture. The Mon in Myanmar were persecuted by the Burmese government and many fled to Thailand. Sangkhla Buri is the center of Burmese Mon culture in Thailand because thousands of Mon came to this part of Thailand during the persecution.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 04 APRIL 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Motorcycle taxi drivers play checkers while they wait for customers at a taxi stand in Bangkok. Thailand's economic expansion since the 1970 has dramatically reduced both the amount of poverty and the severity of poverty in Thailand. At the same time, the gap between the very rich in Thailand and the very poor has grown so that income disparity is greater now than it was in 1970. Thailand scores .42 on the "Ginni Index" which measures income disparity on a scale of 0 (perfect income equality) to 1 (absolute inequality in which one person owns everything). Sweden has the best Ginni score (.23), Thailand's score is slightly better than the US score of .45.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Men work at upgrading sewer lines in a residential neighborhood in Bangkok. Thailand's economic expansion since the 1970 has dramatically reduced both the amount of poverty and the severity of poverty in Thailand. At the same time, the gap between the very rich in Thailand and the very poor has grown so that income disparity is greater now than it was in 1970. Thailand scores .42 on the "Ginni Index" which measures income disparity on a scale of 0 (perfect income equality) to 1 (absolute inequality in which one person owns everything). Sweden has the best Ginni score (.23), Thailand's score is slightly better than the US score of .45.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 MARCH 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Men work in a peanut warehouse in Bangkok. Thailand's economic expansion since the 1970 has dramatically reduced both the amount of poverty and the severity of poverty in Thailand. At the same time, the gap between the very rich in Thailand and the very poor has grown so that income disparity is greater now than it was in 1970. Thailand scores .42 on the "Ginni Index" which measures income disparity on a scale of 0 (perfect income equality) to 1 (absolute inequality in which one person owns everything). Sweden has the best Ginni score (.23), Thailand's score is slightly better than the US score of .45.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: A Muslim boy watches a Thai soldier search his father in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: Thai soldiers check the papers of people near the Malaysian border in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: Thai soldiers check the papers of people near the Malaysian border in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: A soldier in the Royal Thai Army armed with MINI (machinegun) in front of a Muslim convenience store in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: Thai women Rangers (paramilitary operating under Army command) pull over Muslim women at a checkpoint in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: Thai women Rangers (paramilitary operating under Army command) check a woman's motorcycle at a checkpoint in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 OCTOBER 2012 - TAK BAI, NARATHIWAT, THAILAND: Thai women Rangers (paramilitary operating under Army command) at a checkpoint in Tak Bai, Thailand. The "Tak Bai Incident" took place on Oct. 25 in Tak Bai, Narathiwat, Thailand during the Muslim insurgency in southern Thailand. On that day, a crowd gathered to protest the arrest of local residents. Police made hundreds of arrests during the protest and transported the arrested to Pattani, about two hours away, in another province. They were transported in locked trucks and more than 80 people suffocated en route. This enraged local Muslims and shocked people across Thailand. No one in the Thai army accepted responsibility for the deaths and no one was ever charged. In the past, the anniversary of the incident was marked by protests and bombings. This year it was quiet. More than 5,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 hurt in more than 11,000 incidents, or about 3.5 a day, in Thailand's three southernmost provinces and four districts of Songkhla since the insurgent violence erupted in January 2004, according to Deep South Watch, an independent research organization that monitors violence in Thailand's deep south region that borders Malaysia.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2012 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: Workers check the growth of rice in a field near Nakhon Chai Si, Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand. Thailand's ruling Pheu Thai party and the government has launched a controversial program to increase the price farmers get for their rice. Under the program, the government guarantees farmers a minimum of $500 (US) per ton for their rice. The rice is then stockpiled by the government for sale at a later date. Critics assail the program as an economic boondoggle and improper manipulation of the market. The government says it's necessary to protect the country's rice farmers and the program is very popular with Thailand's rice growers, who are primarily located in central Thailand, where the ruling Pheu Thai party is weakest. Thailand is the world's leading rice exporter, but that title has been threatened recently by Vietnam, which is dramatically increasing rice production.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2012 - NAKHON CHAI SI, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND: Workers check the growth of rice in a field near Nakhon Chai Si, Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand. Thailand's ruling Pheu Thai party and the government has launched a controversial program to increase the price farmers get for their rice. Under the program, the government guarantees farmers a minimum of $500 (US) per ton for their rice. The rice is then stockpiled by the government for sale at a later date. Critics assail the program as an economic boondoggle and improper manipulation of the market. The government says it's necessary to protect the country's rice farmers and the program is very popular with Thailand's rice growers, who are primarily located in central Thailand, where the ruling Pheu Thai party is weakest. Thailand is the world's leading rice exporter, but that title has been threatened recently by Vietnam, which is dramatically increasing rice production.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 FEBRUARY 2008 -- MAE SOT, TAK, THAILAND: Clinic workers try to start an IV in Ti Su Wa, a 2 year old Karen boy at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot, Thailand. His mother said he had been sick for more than a week but that she couldn't afford medical care in Burma so she crossed illegally to Thailand to get treatment at the clinic. The clinic treated more than 80,000 people in 2007, all Burmese. Most of them are living illegally in Thailand, but many come to the clinic from Burma because they either can't afford medical care in Burma or because it isn't available to them. There are millions of Burmese refugees living in Thailand. Many live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma (Myanmar) border, but most live in Thailand as illegal immigrants. They don't have papers and can not live, work or travel in Thailand but they do so "under the radar" by either avoiding Thai officials or paying bribes to stay in the country. Most have fled political persecution in Burma but many are simply in search of a better life and greater economic opportunity.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    A woman reaches for a recycled soft drink bottle she filled with water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    A woman reaches for a recycled soft drink bottle she filled with water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: Men bathe at the cistern people use for bathing at the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: People carry water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand back to their pickup truck. They filled hundreds of recycled soft drink bottles with water from the well. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    A man at the public school in Ban Khana fills the water cisterns with water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The school hasn't had running water for about one month. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    A man at the public school in Ban Khana fills the water cisterns with water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The school hasn't had running water for about one month. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: A woman at the public school in Ban Khana fills the water cisterns with water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The school hasn't had running water for about one month. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: A man covers his water barrels with plastic getting water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: A man covers his water barrels with plastic getting water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: A man starts his tractor after getting water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: A man fills recycled soft drink bottles with water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND: A man washes his face at the cistern people use for bathing at the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    Water flows into a cistern people use for bathing at the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:     A man signals that his water tank is full to an attendant running a pump at the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    A man fills a water tank on his truck from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    A man fills a water tank on his truck from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    Men fill barrels of water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it.  In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - BAN CHAN, SURIN, THAILAND:   A farmer prepares his rice fields for planting in Surin, Thailand. Normally the fields would have been prepped in April and rice planted in May but farmers are several weeks behind schedule because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - BAN CHAN, SURIN, THAILAND:   A farmer prepares his rice fields for planting in Surin, Thailand. Normally the fields would have been prepped in April and rice planted in May but farmers are several weeks behind schedule because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - BAN CHAN, SURIN, THAILAND:   A farmer prepares his rice fields for planting in Surin, Thailand. Normally the fields would have been prepped in April and rice planted in May but farmers are several weeks behind schedule because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2016 - TA TUM, SURIN, THAILAND:    People get water from the artesian well in Ta Tum, Surin, Thailand. The well is the most important source of drinking water for thousands of people in the communities surrounding it. In the past many of the people had domestic water piped to their homes or from wells in their villages but those water sources have dried up because of the drought in Thailand. Thailand is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 50 years. The government has asked farmers to delay planting their rice until the rains start, which is expected to be in June. The drought is expected to cut Thai rice production and limit exports of Thai rice. The drought, caused by a very strong El Nino weather pattern is cutting production in the world's top three rice exporting countries:  India, Thailand and Vietnam. Rice prices in markets in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia are starting to creep up.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    SurinDrought013.jpg
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