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A subdistrict of Udon Thani is home to hundreds of Thai-foreign couples. Our guest reporter Krisada Phonchai talked to two women about how they came to marry Westerners and the challenges of intercultural relationships.

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Sommai Khamsingnok, main subject of the documentary “Heartbound - A Different Kind of Love Story”, shares her views on what is driving Isaan women to marry foreigners and move abroad. Some 25 years ago, she helped forming an unlikely network linking Isaan with the region of Thy in Northern Denmark. Becoming a matchmaker for the women of her rural village, she kicked off a migration trend that tied together over 900 Thai-Danish couples

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Foreign seniors find a new home in Buriram
When Lanee Phaengthaisong married a Swiss man and moved to Switzerland, she never thought they would one day return to her home in rural Buriram to run an elderly home for retired Europeans.

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Bicultural children in Isaan often face bullying in school for looking different than their peers. Thichanon Chumwaengwapi, a teacher at a local school in Udon Thani's Phen district, is developing a curriculum to teach respect for cultural diversity.