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“Friends of the River”—a David vs Goliath movement

River assembly

River assembly Source: Chanklang Kanthong, supplied

Meet Yossapon Boonsom, founder of the grassroot “Friends of the River” movement which opposes the Thai government’s massive riverside highway plan—seen as a ‘non-consultative’ and ‘brutal’ gentrification process of Chao Phraya River, the country’s irreplaceable cultural and economic aorta.


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Meet Yossapon Boonsom, founder of the grassroot “Friends of the River” movement which opposes the Thai government’s massive riverside highway plan—seen as a ‘non-consultative’ and ‘brutal’ gentrification process of Chao Phraya River, the country’s irreplaceable cultural and economic aorta.



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