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Poverty left the Lahu exposed. For the drug trade, they were an easy target - HaRDstories

Myanmar’s mining boom is poisoning Thailand’s rivers - HaRDstories

What one family’s fight says about activism in Cambodia - HaRDstories

Cambodia’s land concession system has safeguards. They don’t work. - HaRDstories

In Thailand, forests are encroaching on the people - HaRDstories

They fled a border conflict. Now debt is pushing them back - HaRDstories

They were trafficked for their bank accounts. And their faces. - HaRDstories

Fake news pages run from Cambodia target Thailand. But who’s really behind them? - HaRDstories

In Cambodian villages, women create their own path to safety - HaRDstories

Khmer Rouge survivors struggle to find care as they age - HaRDstories

As online sexual abuse surges, volunteers fill tech industry’s gap - HaRDstories

Thailand’s last hunter-gatherers face a vanishing way of life

How border clashes turned co-workers into targets - HaRDstories

Thailand caps rooftop solar power at 90 megawatts. Its potential is 9,000. - HaRDstories

What is Thailand’s Clean Air Act and why does it matter? - HaRDstories

As rubber trees spread, indigenous farmers fight for their land - HaRDstories

Thailand has laws against intimate partner violence. They just don’t work - HaRDstories

Cambodia’s new airport slowly breaks a rural community - HaRDstories

Thailand depends on migrant workers. So why the backlash? - HaRDstories

Thailand achieved marriage equality. Intersex people are still waiting for their turn

Cambodia jailed the husbands. The wives won’t stay silent

In exile, these refugees curate their own history

She turned data into a weapon against Thailand’s polluters

Kriangkai Chichuang: The Karen leader teaching Thailand what it means to be indigenous

How fake news is turning Thais against Myanmar migrants

Will Thailand finally recognise its six million indigenous citizens?

As Thailand chokes on smog, these citizens wrote the law to fix it

Thai protesters dump invasive fish at government’s doorstep

Vietnam’s religious refugees face narrowing path to safety

Thai court dismisses defamation case against anti-mining group

The billion-dollar shortcut that could change everything

Sumana Noi’s personal mission to protect Myanmar migrants

Thai disability advocates push for more inclusive workplaces

The woman helping the Mlabri weave a new future

In Thailand’s forests, a conflict over conservation, land rights and climate action

In Ayutthaya, farmers pay the price for Bangkok's dry feet

Will Thailand lead or lag in tackling plastic pollution?

The man saving hundreds from Southeast Asia’s trafficking nightmare

Restoration or greenwashing?

When cybercrime trafficking victims become suspects

As Phnom Penh's lakes are filled in, communities are pushed out

Thai court orders factory to pay 1.77 billion baht for pollution

From Thailand’s shadows, exiled journalists expose the Burmese junta’s brutal regime

Marriage equality passes, but where are the LGBTQ senators?

Thai plan to relax fishing law stokes fear of return to illegal catches, worker abuse

Thai performers push boundaries with silent protests

Thailand’s stateless youth fight for recognition, one livestream at a time

Legal abortion access meets moral resistance in Thailand's migrant hubs

On the Thai Border, a frantic push to school Myanmar’s youngest refugees

How Thailand's fish farms battle an alien invasion

How ex-detainees drive healing in a troubled region

Changing sand for concrete: Will Thailand’s gamble on coastal erosion pay off?

Potash mining in Thailand: Rural resistance grows amid electric vehicle battery push

In Thailand's red-light districts, a non-profit redefines healthcare for sex workers

Thai villages, anchored in an insurgent past, confront a modern peril: Cross-border coal pollution - HaRDstories - Investigate. Inspire. Ignite

They fought a gold mine and won. But their lands – and blood – are still poisoned.

For Rohingyas in Thailand, legal recognition is a luxury many can't afford

Employing the algorithm: Thailand’s new wave of online labour unions

When the office door closed, the streets opened: The union organiser who won’t quit

How Thailand's sex workers paved the way for legalisation

With Thailand’s living cost on the rise, can people survive on 20 baht a day?

Piya Thedyam: Spearheading the fight for sustainable fishing in Thailand

Thailand's law says abortion is accessible to all. Reality says otherwise

Can a river have legal personhood and rights? Mekong communities echo ongoing global debates

Journalists push against the media’s unspoken ban on labour unions

No surname, no citizenship: Two men launch landmark lawsuit against statelessness

For those who died trying: Photography and violence in Thailand

Ida Aroonwong: The book editor who safeguards the right to bail in Thailand

As the Mekong becomes a political battleground, one woman is determined to turn the tide

In Asia’s queer ‘paradise’, trans people struggle for rights and recognition

People’s Radio: a friend to Burmese migrant workers in Thailand

A decades-old vision of ‘greening’ Thailand’s Northeast raises local concerns

The women fundraising millions to bail people out of jail in Thailand

Seeking Justice: How Yureesa Sama builds peace through dialogue in the Deep South

The Mackerel Migration – A 1000km boat journey to raise awareness about the state of the seas

From insider to fierce opponent: How one woman took on Thailand’s largest gold mine

Lertsak Kamkongsak, the activist who battles mining with community building

Thailand's Chatree gold mine, blamed for sickening local villagers, is set to reopen

Opposing the NPO Bill: Community groups mobilise to protect freedom of association in Thailand

Forest crusader’s death could not stop destruction in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains

Providing safety and dignity to women at the time of the month they need it the most - HaRDstories - Where Human Rights Defenders Tell Their Stories

Netting the evidence: Thai fisherfolk fight oil spills with data

Like moving fish to another ocean: Yuam River communities in the dark over water diversion project impacts

Vinai Dithajohn: A visual chronicler of Thailand’s politics, protests and putsches

A tale of two mothers: Seeking justice for Chaiyaphum Pasae and Abe Sae Mu

Recycled problems: Farming communities fight pollution in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor

Armed with smartphones, volunteer poll watchers keep tabs on Thailand’s elections

Uprooting the forest guardians: Indigenous people across Southeast Asia defend land and customs

Defending the forests she calls home: Duang's struggle against a coal mine

Truth and Therapy: Healing the wounds of Thailand's Deep South conflict

The young law graduate on the frontline against Thailand’s risky mining

Radiant and radical: Tada Hengsapkul’s art uncovers Thailand’s dark history

A fisherfolk’s daughter defends the sea against an industrial mega project

Following her mother’s footsteps, she fights for Thailand’s slum communities

In northeastern Thailand, a community struggles to reclaim their lives taken by the Rasi Salai dam

The women standing their ground against a mining company in Northeast Thailand

After shootings and killings, a village in southern Thailand hopes for land rights recognition

One last stand: A rural Thai community declares victory in a struggle against a limestone quarry

Nalutporn Krairiksh: Challenging Thai society to see people with disabilities as equally human

Patchara Kumchumnan: Once a victim of discrimination, he now fights for Thailand’s indigenous people

After fighting a mine for 26 years, a rural Thai community declares victory

Natthapan Saengtab: Leading the fight for land rights in Southern Thailand