Fire fighters are hoisted up to the 12th floor to extinguish the blaze at Wiang Ping Mansion.

Normally, when one talks about Mae Hong Son, most people think of a dried-out border town and rough roads far away from the modern world. Nevertheless, Mae Hong Son people are kind and honest, and include different cultures of Tai Yai merging Burmese culture, Karen, Hmong, Lahu, Lisu, Palong or long neck Karen and Karen Ka Ya, most of them having escaped battles and suppression in Burma. They have their own unique cultures, all equally interesting.

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Kanthoke and culture at Prem Tinsulanonda School

As the Prem Tinsulanonda School (Prem) is very active in joining forces with students from around the world and educating young adults to become global citizens, Simon Greensdale, the asst. director of the Visiting Schools Program invited students of Brigham Young University (BYU), their teachers and chaperones, to experience a ‘real’ Northern evening.

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