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Background SEA Junction will be participating in this year Bangkok Climate Action Week (BKKCAW), a city-wide initiative inspired by the London Climate Action Week. BKKCAW brings together public programs, the arts, exhibitions, policy labs, and community-led experiments to foster whole-of-society engagement that is bold, hopeful, and transformative. Lack of transparency in power systems remains a critical barrier to scaling up renewable energy and ensuring a fair transition. This panel, hosted by Solutions For Our Climate (SFOC), will convene CSOs from…

Event Background SEA Junction will be screening a new documentary “Thabyay”: Creative Resistance In Myanmar, directed by Jeanne Hallacy. This screening sheds light on Myanmar’s ongoing people-power revolution through the stories of four leaders navigating the difficult choices between armed resistance and the path of non-violence. The film captures their struggles, hopes, and the powerful role of art, music, and poetry as tools of “artivism” in the fight for a peaceful, democratic, and inclusive future for all people in Myanmar.…

Bangkok Offline Reading Club, organized by the Bangkok Literature & Arts Festival in collaboration with SEA Junction invites you to join us for an afternoon of offline reading, disconnecting from the digital and emerging yourself in the rich and diverse culture of Southeast Asia. This offline event is an opportunity to disconnect from the rapidly moving work and the digital space and ground yourself in the moment. SEA Junction reading room host a vast collection of literature on the region,…

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…

Event Description Thailand is home to one of Southeast Asia’s largest populations of cross-border migrant workers, the majority originating from Myanmar and to a lesser extend Cambodia, totaling almost 5 million (IOM in December 2024). Following the recent dispute at the border between Thailand and Cambodia in early 2025, Cambodian and Burmese migrant workers in Thailand face increasing vulnerability amid a growing climate of prejudice and misinformation. Beyond often poor living and working conditions, migrants are now confronted with widespread…

On October 28, 2025 at 4-5pm (Bangkok Time), SEA Junction in collaboration with media partners, Mizzima and The Irrawaddy, will hold the 55th#WhatsHappeninginMyanmr.This update is the aim of contributing to a greater understanding of the crisis situation there for informed action in support of the democratic movement in the country and beyond. Since February 2021, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar Army, known as Tatmadaw, detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint following a…

Over the past month, a wave of protests has swept across the region. In Indonesia, demonstrations erupted in response to unfair economic policies, including tax hikes and increased benefit for MPs, followed by mass arrests and further criminalization of dissent. In Timor-Leste, youth took to the streets to protest the National Parliament’s decision to purchase SUVs for legislators, with demand expanding to include the cancellation of lifetime pensions for former MPs. In the Philippines, tens of thousands, mostly youth, rallied…

Over the past month, a wave of protests has swept across the region. In Indonesia, demonstrations erupted in response to unfair economic policies, including tax hikes and increased benefit for MPs, followed by mass arrests and further criminalization of dissent. In Timor-Leste, youth took to the streets to protest the National Parliament’s decision to purchase SUVs for legislators, with demand expanding to include the cancellation of lifetime pensions for former MPs. In the Philippines, tens of thousands, mostly youth, rallied…