The Omkoi injunction is what ASEAN’s “right to a healthy environment” looks like in real life
ASEAN made headlines in late 2025 by adopting the ASEAN Declaration on the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment. It was a rare moment of regional clarity: a collective promise that people across Southeast Asia are entitled not just to development, but to development that does not poison air, water, health, and livelihoods. […]
Aranyaprathet’s Peace Symbol
From the ground, Aranyaprathet looks like many border towns, roads that carry goods, families, workers, and stories, markets that depend on movement, neighborhoods shaped by layers of migration, including communities with Vietnamese roots who have long helped build local life. But from above, the town offers a surprising message. At the municipal park near Mit […]
