The Kok River is a cocoa-colored expressway into the heart of hill tribe country. Rushing down from Myanmar and through Thailand's northern ... costumes pose for photos and peddle handicrafts ...

The population of the hill tribes in Thailand is estimated at 1.2 million ... each large factors that have lead the tribes to live in poverty. Restricted freedom of movement is another major ...

Beautiful vintage pictures show Thai hill tribe people in the 1970s before mass tourism changed their lives forever. Dutch photographer Don Oppedijk, now 65, captured the locals in the remote ...

The United Nations is working to combat human trafficking among Thailand's poor hill tribes - with an anti-poverty program to make communities less vulnerable to traffickers. The program has set ...

Every day, in a small building nestled amid the lush green valleys of Northern Thailand, a group of young hill tribe people is hard at work. At first glance, their labours could hardly be further from ...

Chiang Mai (Thailand) (AFP) – From Hmong hill people voting in the shadow of ... local media reported, with photos of the pachyderms queueing with voters. Millions of voters cast their ballots ...

CHIANG RAI, Thailand — The Kok River ... elaborate traditional costumes pose for photos and peddle handicrafts to bus loads of tourists. The hill tribes and their unique culture have been ...

This July 21, 2012 photo shows a woman crossing a wooden bridge over the Mae Kok River in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai Province. The valley is home to numerous minority hill tribe villages ...

CHIANG RAI, Thailand — The Kok River ... elaborate traditional costumes pose for photos and peddle handicrafts to busloads of tourists. The hill tribes and their unique culture have been on ...

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (AP ... in elaborate traditional costumes pose for photos and peddle handicrafts to busloads of tourists. The hill tribes and their unique culture have been on the ...