Asia Insight · SEASON 1

Thailand's Little Myanmar

Episode 27 · 2012-11-23

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The Kingdom of Thailand has managed to get through recent economic crises and continue to enjoy steady growth. But with the country facing a chronic labor shortage, workers from neighboring Myanmar have been flooding into the country to take on low-paid, unclean and hazardous jobs, which most Thais prefer to avoid. These migrant workers put up with discrimination, deportation threats and mistreatment by employers on a daily basis. This episode of Asia Insight focuses on the struggles of the Myanmarese migrant workers in Thailand and the efforts being made to support them.

28 minutes

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2. Indonesia's First National Car2012-04-13

3. Diversifying Shanghai2012-04-20

4. Vietnam's Court Music Revival2012-04-27

5. Writers Fight Publishing Ban in HK2012-05-04

6. Mongolia's Forgotten Slum Dwellers2012-05-11

7. The "80's Writers" in China2012-05-18

8. Hydropower for Indonesian Villagers2012-06-01

9. Energy-Hungry Nepal2012-06-08

10. China's Job-Hunting Inn2012-06-15

11. The Year of the Dragon Baby Boom2012-06-22

12. The Dancing Prisoners2012-07-06

13. Singing Out for Change in China2012-07-13

14. The Golden Triangle: Fighting for Change2012-07-20

15. South Korea's Budding Entrepreneurs2012-08-17

16. China's Good Deeds Banks2012-08-24

17. Born This Way in Thailand2012-08-31

18. The Greater Mekong Subregion: China Creates Massive Trade Center2012-09-07

19. The Greater Mekong Subregion: The Rising Potential of Laos2012-09-14

20. The Greater Mekong Subregion: A New Era for Cambodia2012-09-21

21. Kid Golfers Taking on the World, South Korea2012-09-28

22. China's Traveling Handymen2012-10-05

23. From Slum Dwellers to Homeowners2012-10-12

24. East Timor's Mobile Health Clinics2012-11-02

25. The New Heroes of the Philippines2012-11-09

26. Vietnam's Hope Serving Restaurants2012-11-16

27. Thailand's Little Myanmar2012-11-23

28. Strike Action in Cambodia2012-11-30

29. Singapore Playing Cupid2012-12-21