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Garaveck is a small company based in Luang Prabang, Laos, with the aim of promoting and preserving the local traditional stories – myths, legends, and folktales (see www.garavek.com). In the evening shows, Garavek presents a selection of these stories in English for an international audience. On 11 June the cast will change setting and come to SEA Junction for two performances at 1-3PM and at 4-30-6-30PM.  The team is composed by Siphai Thammavong, who act as the storyteller and Vongsakhone…

Garaveck is a small company based in Luang Prabang, Laos, with the aim of promoting and preserving the local traditional stories – myths, legends, and folktales (see www.garavek.com). In the evening shows, Garavek presents a selection of these stories in English for an international audience. On 11 June the cast will change setting and come to SEA Junction for two performances at 1-3PM and at 4-30-6-30PM.  The team is composed by Siphai Thammavong, who act as the storyteller and Vongsakhone…

On 17 June 2017, the International Studies (ASEAN-China) Program, Thammasat University,  Kawanfilm and SEA Junction will address the issue of preventing extremism. The event will find place at SEA Junction and consist of the screening the film Jihad Selfie and a follow-up discussion with activist Ruby Kholifah, of AMAN Indonesia and the director Noor Huda Ismail on skype from Melbourne where he is currently doing his PhD on gender and masculinity of Indonesian foreign fighters. The event will find place…

SEA Junction, fully ‘Southeast Asia Junction’, is proud to announce that it will be celebrating it’s 1st year anniversary on the 25th of June 2017. For a year already, SEA Junction has strived to realize its aim of facilitating sharing of knowledge and experience on Southeast Asia, whether that be about cultural, economic, political or development themes. We have provided an open library and reading room accessible to everybody with an interest in the topic and we have held a…

More and more people travel across international borders for the purpose of receiving medical care. Medical tourism, as this growing phenomenon is commonly called, features prominently in Southeast Asia, with Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore among the top world destinations thanks to relatively lower costs of care, cutting-edge equipment and expertise, and visitors' friendly attitude.  At the receiving end of services, Indonesia is one of the major sending countries for outbound medical tourism as many Indonesians travel to Malaysia or Singapore…

Event description in English (Untuk Deskripsi dalam Bahasa Indonesia lihat bawah) On 25 April at 1-3 PM SEA Junction will host the launching of the book "Bangkok Rasa Lokal; Wisata Anti Mainstream di Bangkok dan Sekitarnya" or "Exploring Bangkok like Locals; Anti-Mainstream Destinations in Bangkok and Surroundings". Written by three Indonesian women, Irene Diyah, Decita Tulyastri and Pungki Utami, the book is unique in that it presents their view of Bangkok, as inhabitants of the city, for an Indonesian public.…

Event description in English (Untuk Deskripsi dalam Bahasa Indonesia lihat bawah)   On 2 July at 11 AM – 1 PM, SEA Junction will host the launching of the book “Bangkok Rasa Lokal; Wisata Anti Mainstream di Bangkok dan Sekitarnya” or “Exploring Bangkok like Locals; Anti-Mainstream Destinations in Bangkok and Surroundings”. Written by three Indonesian women, Irene Diyah, Decita Tulyastri and Pungki Utami, the book is unique in that it presents their view of Bangkok, as inhabitants of the city, for…

The issue on violence against children has, for so many years now, caught the attention of various states and regions globally, including Southeast Asian countries. One specific issue on violence against children that urgently needs policy and social action is the practice of corporal punishment, defined by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child as “any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort, however light. ... In…