Thai superiority complex harms KarenA Karen woman at Lower Bang Kloi Village holds a rice basket on her head ahead of 'kwan khao', on Feb 7. TransbordernewsTaking the case of Bang Kloi Karen villagers, there is no further proof needed that indigenous people in Thailand have a hard life. The Bang Kloi issue emerged earlier this year when a group of Karen left their relocation site at Lower Bang Kloi village to return to their ancestral land in upper Bang Kloi village, or Jai Paen Din village, which they were forced to leave in 2011. I have observed a similar attitude among bureaucrats sent to the community to solve the land rights issue, and whose sense of superiority can be overwhelming. Park officials and civil society help to promote farming products to the market.

Source: Bangkok Post March 21, 2021 23:26 UTC