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Are young Burmese girls working in the brothels of Thailand victims or players in the lucrative sex trade? |
Both sides in a recent conflict between Thai and Burmese forces appear to be testing the limits of their strained relationship. |
The flesh trade is flourishing along the Thai-Burma border, where the wages of cheap sex are adding to the toll taken by decades of poverty and military conflict. |
Despite draconian laws and official denial, sex is big business in Burma. But brothel owners find it doesn’t pay to offend the morals of modest generals. |
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Ranong is the second largest Burmese community in Thailand, where many migrants work in the fishing and its related industries. |
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Burmese banks are thriving, even as the country’s economy suffers its worst slump in years. Their secret, say businessmen in the know, is the nexus of generals and drug lords. |
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A survey of Indonesian workers in nine factories that produce goods for Nike has revealed poor working conditions, including limited access to medical care, sexual harassment and forced overtime. |
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Thai performance artist Padungsak Kochsomrong challenges his audiences to realize their own freedom and to help Burmese achieve theirs. |
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