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The cost of being invisible

One morning in mid-May, Lek Thongsuk unfolded the plastic bag where she keeps all the family's money and counted 524 baht. She knew, without much calculation, that it would last a day, maybe two. Her son was out driving a city garbage truck, the family's primary source of income.

Bangkok Post · Jul 10

When 50 baht is everything

'We used to spend around 200 baht for a pot of soup for the whole family, but now we spend at least 250 baht for the same amount," says Nantiya Thongsuk, 13.

Bangkok Post · May 22