Half of the Moken living in the Surin Islands have an identity number beginning with 0. There’s a government-sponsored primary school in the village now, as well as a small clinic run by a Thai ...

in a makeshift village within Ko Surin National Park. In the years since, Thailand’s Moken have, more or less, adapted to a relatively modern life. The 315 people who make up the village live in ...

Ban Ta Klang, also known locally as “the elephant village,” has about 300 elephants at any time, and the surrounding area in Surin Province claims to be the source of more than half the ...

The people of Surin, and those in the nearby village of Ban Ta Klang, have long been known for their skill in training elephants, which Thais have used for everything from labor and transportation ...

Surin and many other northeastern provinces are the focal points for silk production. A learning centre would allow women's groups from nearby provinces to exchange yarn-making techniques and ideas.

The sinkholes – found in Ban Mae Surin village in Khun Yuam district – have diameters ranging from 2m to 30m. They were clustered in a north-south direction along the active Mae Hong Son fault ...