Buying a baby

By Alphonse Wijnants
Posted in The Culture, Realistic fiction
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November 28 2021

I was on my way to Rajavithi Hospital on Phaya Thai Road. The largest women's and children's hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, established on April 16, 1951. A hospital for mothers and newborns, including babies with AIDS.

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He remembered seeing the young man a month or so ago. Was wearing the same clothes; olive green pants, faded blue-red shirt and black glasses. And a square, black doctor's bag. Neighborhood kids called him a quack doctor, but he'd heard so many new words lately, he had no idea what kind of doctor a quack was.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand. this part is set in Ban Ja Tee (บ้านจะตี) village school, tambon Thuht Thai (เทอดไทย), Mae Fa Luang, Chiang Rai.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand. This section is about Pwo Karen in Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi. A story about lead poisoning, legal proceedings and the endless waiting for a clean-up.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand. This part is about a Lahu man who obtained Thai nationality in the year 2000. This story plays in Ban Mae Ma Ku, Ping Khong, Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai. 

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, this part is about Sgaw Karen in Mae Hong Son. About weaving textiles in the colors of the rainbow, about old techniques, about the power of women and about the equality of the sexes.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, today the indictment of the son who was not recognized by his Thai father, who has therefore remained stateless. The article is set in Ranong.

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The teacher does not come to be raped. Is this use in the periphery? There is bound to be some truth to this story….

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, today a part about an Akha woman who gets her papers.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, this part is about Sgaw Karen people in the Chiang Mai region.

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The whole world sympathizes when twelve Thai boys and their football coach become trapped in a cave in June 2018 due to rapidly rising water. Thailandblog also follows the more than two-week rescue operation in the Tham Luang cave in the far north of Thailand.  

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand. This part is about the Mani in the south of Thailand. 

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, an episode about the Sgaw Karen from Myanmar fleeing the violence. This article is about Mae Sariang and Sop Moei region, Mae Hong Son province. 

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand. This part is about the Pwo Karen and their weaving art in Ratchaburi province. About the changes in this industry and the question of whether weaving can be passed on to the youth.

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From the series You-Me-We-Us; indigenous people in Thailand, is about the cultivation of miang in the Sakat forest. Miang is a versatile plant that is used for tea, among other things. The film was shot in Sakat, Pua, Nan Province. 

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You don't just drink a poison cup. But at that time the king had power over life and death, and his will was law. This is the last story in the book Lao Folktales.

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Beating up a royal cat? The rascal plays with fire…

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