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Child Labor: Thai Housekeeper

2016-01-13

Money sent home to Laos by workers in other countries helps alleviate family poverty. But abuse by employers is often the price these workers pay.

Cambodia


Skyrocketing Prices in Sihanoukville as Chinese Money Pours In

Two Survivors Pulled From Collapsed Building in Cambodia

‘Vigilantes’ Fight to Save Cambodia’s Forests

Police, Villagers Clash Over Evictions in Cambodia

China


Pro-China Thugs Attack Passengers at Hong Kong Train Station

Hong Kong Shopping Mall Clash Leaves Dozens Injured

Hong Kong Walls Plastered with Notes of Defiance

Chinese Shadow Theater Fights Against Dimming Light

Laos


Off Track: China Railway Displaces Lao Villagers

RFA Reveals New China Banana Plantation Outside Lao Capital

Lao Villagers Brace for Resettlement Amid Signs Of New Mekong Dam Project

Lao Families Resist Development Project

Myanmar


The Struggles of Myanmar’s ‘Sea Gypsies’

17 Injured in Clash at Myanmar Factory Construction Site

Four Inmates Killed in Myanmar Prison Protest

Villagers Fear Landslides in Myanmar’s Jade Mining Region

North Korea


New Play Depicts Life of North Korean Defectors in the South

Rice Planting Season Begins in North Korea

North Korea Cuts Rations After Worst Harvest in a Decade: UN

Democracy, DPRK style: North Korea holds 'election'

Tibet


Tibetans Mark Birthday of Major Buddhist Leader

Tibet’s Panchen Lama – Once the World’s Youngest Prisoner of Conscience – Turns 30

Chinese Worker Rams Tibetan Protester with Truck

Heavy Police Presence at Tibet Water Diversion Site

Uyghur


As China Locks Up Muslims, It Promotes Tourism in Xinjiang

“You are not us. You are Uyghur.”

‘This is a War That China Will Not Win’

‘A Grim and Powerful Image’

Vietnam


The Fight to Save Vietnam’s Endangered Turtles

Vietnam Salt Farmers Battered by Climate

Vietnam Police, Villagers Clash in Power Plant Protest

Vietnam's Elephant Race Draws Cheers, Critics

The Water Project


20 Million Taps

Building Latrines for Better Health

The Short Straw

Dirty Water

Poisoned at the Source


Soured on Soy Milk

‘Toxic Soil

The Making Of ‘Gutter Oil’

Inside An Illegal Slaughterhouse

China’s Petitioners


China’s Petitioners: A Struggle for Justice, Part 1

China’s Petitioners: A Struggle for Justice, Part 4

China’s Petitioners: A Struggle for Justice, Part 3

China’s Petitioners: A Struggle for Justice, Part 2

Human Trafficking


The End of the Line

Vietnam: Cost of Living

Child Labor: Thai Housekeeper

Benjina, Island of Lost Fisherman

Disappearing River


Part 5:How Black is the Dragon?

Part 4: A Stream Becomes a Sewer

Part 3: A Flood as High as Man

Part 2: Scorched Rare Earth

The story behind the story


An American diplomat roughed up in Vietnam

Language Protests Revisited

Skyping Vietnam

Covering a Summit for Those who Couldn't Be There

The Mekong River


Rainbow Snake, Tiny Frog Among New Mekong Species

The End of the River

People of the River

Mekong Fisheries
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