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The Good Daughters of Isaan (1) – Introduction to the series - The Isaan Record

A series examining the lives of Isaan women who have married Westerners. How has what the “mia farang phenomenon” affected the life trajectory of these women? How have these “good daughters of Isaan” fulfilled their filial duty and changed the lives of their families? How has it challenged...

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The Good Daughters of Isaan (2) – Challenging the “victim” narrative of mia farang - The Isaan Record

The rising number of marriages between Isaan women and Western men has not been lost on the government. Is the concern of the government warranted? Recent research suggests that, far from being victims, these women have shown agency over their own lives and improved the situation of themselves...

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The Good Daughters of Isaan (3) – Marriage to a Western man, an act of empowerment for Isaan women? - The Isaan Record

The Thai middle-class often looks down on Isaan women who marry Westerners at the same time they don’t support policies that could benefit the marginalized. But some academics argue that these women are in fact empowered by their marrying a Westerner, providing them with the means to achieve...

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The Good Daughters of Isaan (4) – Stop stigmatizing us, we Isaan women determine our own fate - The Isaan Record

A column by a Matichon Weekly columnist last December derided Isaan women who marry Western men as uneducated, materialistic, and good-for-nothing. Pintong Lekan, a women’s right activist who filed a lawsuit for defamation against the author, writes about the lifelong discrimination she has...

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The Good Daughters of Isaan (5) – The stigma of being a foreigner’s wife: Class and inequality in Thai society - The Isaan Record

Marrying upwards the social ladder is nothing new in Thai society. Why,then, do rural Isaan women bear the brunt of criticism when they marry foreigners? Anthropologist Sirijit Sunanta analyzes the stigma placed on the mia farang.

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The Good Daughters of Isaan (6) – A life of hope and pressure - The Isaan Record

Anthropologist Patcharin Lapanan writes about how Isaan women who marry foreigners navigate a complex web of culture, love, money, and obligation.

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The Good Daughters of Isaan (7) – A wife to rent: Recollections from the gates of a US airbase in Udon Thani - The Isaan Record

Banjong Boonkit recalls the time when she worked as a “rented wife” for American soldiers at the US airbase in Udon Thani.

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The Good Daughters of Isaan (8) – About love and migration - The Isaan Record

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.

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The Good Daughters of Isaan (9) – Taking the Risk: Isaan women's migration to Europe has become more risky - The Isaan Record

Anthropologist Sine Plambech argues against the common perception of Isaan migrant women as victims or "gold diggers".

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The Good Daughters of Isaan (10) – Udon Thani's village of western husbands - The Isaan Record

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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The Good Daughters of Isaan (11) – An enclave of Western husbands is changing an Udon Thani community - The Isaan Record

A subdistrict in Udon Thani has become home to hundreds of Isaan-foreign couples, both legacy of the Vietnam War and a result of the efforts of a local matchmaker.

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The Good Daughters of Isaan (12) – Foreign seniors find a new home in Buriram - The Isaan Record

Europeans retirees have found a new home in an elderly care facility in rural Buriram. The home was established by a local woman and her Swiss husband. [VIDEO]

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The Good Daughters of Isaan (13) – For their golden years, Europeans find a new home in Buriram - The Isaan Record

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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The Good Daughters of Isaan (14) – The farang complex: a lesson in diversity - The Isaan Record

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.

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The Good Daughters of Isaan (15) – Isaan’s bicultural kids: bullied for being different - The Isaan Record

Jack and Float are bicultural kids in rural Udon Thani who have been bullied in school for being different. A new curriculum is now being developed to teach cultural diversity and end the problem of bullying in school.

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