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Celebrating the manau, and a Thai king’s gift

December 26, 2018

In northern Thailand, a Kachin village dances the sacred manau to celebrate the gift of land granted to them by a Thai king.

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Myanmar civil war drives drugs epidemic in Thai hills

Hundreds of thousands of people in northern Thailand have become collateral damage from the civil war in neighbouring Myanmar, turning to drugs as supply through the area rockets on the back of the conflict.

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