‘Khon-song-nam’: The Dynamic of ‘Peoples with Dual Nationality’ in Borderland of Ranong Province

Abstract

This article describes the emergence of the people with a dual nationality in Ranong province, their status in relation to state and local society, and their strategy to continue their bi-local cross border way of life. The research found that the dual nationality people, called ‘Khon-song-nam’, recently emerged sometime between 1950s-1960s, were the produce of strict national policies and citizenship control policies