The Kok River is a cocoa-colored expressway into the heart of hill tribe country. Rushing down from Myanmar and through Thailand's northern mountains to the city of Chiang Rai, its banks and the ...

“Karen” (“Kayin” in Burmese) is an umbrella term given to the heterogeneous tribal people of the Burma-Thailand border regions. In modern times, and after the conversion to Christianity of the ...

JURIST Staffer Necia Hobbes, Pitt Law '11, volunteered in Chiang Rai before starting graduate school: In the United States, citizenship is granted to those born within US borders or to US citizen ...

Sometimes travel can lead a person down an unexpected path. That’s what happened to Barbara Verchot of Maitland when she visited the highlands of northern Thailand in 1996. Verchot, a free-lance ...

A hands-on farming day with the Lahu hill tribe offers travellers a unique insight into how remote communities are working towards a more sustainable future. Thailand’s northern hill tribes have long ...

CHIANG RAI, Thailand — The Kok River is a cocoa-colored expressway into the heart of Thailand’s hill-tribe country. Rushing down from Myanmar and through Thailand’s northern mountains to the city of ...