Asia Insight
Season 1, Episode 27: Thailand's Little Myanmar
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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.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Migrants Gain Upper Hand
Episode 2
Indonesia's First National Car
Episode 3
Diversifying Shanghai
Episode 4
Vietnam's Court Music Revival
Episode 5
Writers Fight Publishing Ban in HK
Episode 6
Mongolia's Forgotten Slum Dwellers
Episode 7
The "80's Writers" in China
Episode 8
Hydropower for Indonesian Villagers
Episode 9
Energy-Hungry Nepal
Episode 10
China's Job-Hunting Inn
Episode 11
The Year of the Dragon Baby Boom
Episode 12
The Dancing Prisoners
Episode 13
Singing Out for Change in China
Episode 14
The Golden Triangle: Fighting for Change
Episode 15
South Korea's Budding Entrepreneurs
Episode 16
China's Good Deeds Banks
Episode 17
Born This Way in Thailand
Episode 18
The Greater Mekong Subregion: China Creates Massive Trade Center
Episode 19
The Greater Mekong Subregion: The Rising Potential of Laos
Episode 20
The Greater Mekong Subregion: A New Era for Cambodia
Episode 21
Kid Golfers Taking on the World, South Korea
Episode 22
China's Traveling Handymen
Episode 23
From Slum Dwellers to Homeowners
Episode 24
East Timor's Mobile Health Clinics
Episode 25
The New Heroes of the Philippines
Episode 26
Vietnam's Hope Serving Restaurants
Episode 27
Thailand's Little Myanmar
Episode 28
Strike Action in Cambodia
Episode 29
Singapore Playing Cupid