South-East Asian democracy is in a fragile state, and we’ve witnessed some regime changes among member states that clearly indicate authoritarianism is spreading in the region.
Globally, trade in fish products continues to reach record highs and Thailand has emerged as a major supplier, with the value of its seafood exports reaching US$6 billion in recent years. And a significant contribution to the industry’s growth is made by the migrant labour force.
Globally, trade in fish products continues to reach record highs and Thailand has emerged as a major supplier, with the value of its seafood exports reaching US$6 billion in recent years. And a significant contribution to the industry’s growth is made by the migrant labour force.
Resistance groups have been fighting the military junta in Myanmar for two years. In neighboring Thailand, wounded fighters are recovering from a civil war that is accompanied by increasingly brutal violence and is testing their endurance.
“I just met your dad after we both were already old. Everyone left the village when you were a child…”
ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံရောက် ရွှေ့ပြောင်းအလုပ်သမားတွေရဲ့ လူနေမှုဘဝတွေကို ထင်ဟပ်စေနိုင်ဖို့ ရည်ရွယ်တဲ့ ဓာတ်ပုံပြပွဲကို ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံ ဘန်ကောက်မြို့ Bangkok Art & Culture Center (BACC) မှာ မေလ ၁၄ ရက်ကနေ ၂၆ ရက်နေ့အထိ ပြုလုပ်နေပါတယ်။
Globally, trade in fish products continues to reach record highs and Thailand has emerged as a major supplier, with the value of its seafood exports reaching US$6 billion in recent years. And a significant contribution to the industry’s growth is made by the migrant labour force.
SEA Junction’s trust in the power of arts and photography for social change continues this month with the 3rd and final exhibition of Chuu Wai and the new ground-breaking exhibition of photo stories by migrants in the fishing industry in Thailand.
SEA Junction, in collaboration with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), invites cartoonists, comics creators, artists and arts collectives from countries in Southeast Asia to reflect on the future of the role of ASEAN in addressing current and emerging issues in the region.
After a two-week debut in Bangkok in late January before moving to Chiang Mai in March, “Thread Under Threat: Myanmar Women Out Of The 3-Year Coup Shadow” will showcase at the BACC, Gallery 1 of MMAD, 3rd floor of Seacon Srinakarin, until May 6.
