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Event Background In the name of tackling the climate crisis, we are witnessing a stepped up effort led by powerful corporate and state interests to designate still free-flowing stretches of rivers as new sites for hydropower dam build-out and vast areas of land as open for extraction of 'transition'/'critical' minerals. When community members and their allies raise questions and defend collective rights to ancestral lands, water, clean air and livelihood, authorities across the region have responded with force – ranging from militarization, weaponization of…

Globally, trade in fish products continues to reach record highs, and developing countries now contribute over half of the value of total exports. Within this expanding world market, Thailand has emerged as a major supplier, with the value of its seafood exports reaching US$6 billion in recent years. A significant contribution to the industry’s growth is given by the migrant labor force. Shortages of Thai workers willing to work on fishing vessels, emerging simultaneously with expanding structural differences in population…

Event Background In the name of tackling the climate crisis, we are witnessing a stepped up effort led by powerful corporate and state interests to designate still free-flowing stretches of rivers as new sites for hydropower dam build-out and vast areas of land as open for extraction of 'transition'/'critical' minerals. When community members and their allies raise questions and defend collective rights to ancestral lands, water, clean air and livelihood, authorities across the region have responded with force – ranging from militarization, weaponization of…

Event Background In the name of tackling the climate crisis, we are witnessing a stepped up effort led by powerful corporate and state interests to designate still free-flowing stretches of rivers as new sites for hydropower dam build-out and vast areas of land as open for extraction of 'transition'/'critical' minerals. When community members and their allies raise questions and defend collective rights to ancestral lands, water, clean air and livelihood, authorities across the region have responded with force – ranging from militarization, weaponization of…

Once a month, SEA Junction holds a mini book and craft fair focusing on Southeast Asia. For the books, three kinds of books are available: New books given in consignment from recognized publishers with an interest in the countries of Southeast Asia including Silkworm Book and River Book from Thailand, ISEAS from Singapore and Yayasan Pustaka Obor from Indonesia. As a special highlight this month, there's a restocking of books from Thai publishers. New and used books that are double…

SEA Junction, in collaboration with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), will hold the Exhibition “Cartooning the ASEAN Way of Non-Interference and Consensus” from 22 October to 3 November 2024 at the Curved Wall, 4th floor (Comics Exhibition) and Corner Space, 1st floor (Cartoons Exhibitions), Bangkok Art and Culture Center to reflect on the future of the role of ASEAN in addressing current and emerging issues in the region. On the 4th floor, comics are displayed, while cartoons are showcased on…

SEA Junction, in collaboration with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), will hold the Exhibition “Cartooning the ASEAN Way of Non-Interference and Consensus” from 22 October to 3 November 2024 at the Curved Wall, 4th floor (Comics Exhibition) and Corner Space, 1st floor (Cartoons Exhibitions), Bangkok Art and Culture Center to reflect on the future of the role of ASEAN in addressing current and emerging issues in the region. In the 4th floor, comics are displayed, while cartoons are showcased on…