In this trio of photos, workers weave Thai silk and adjust batches of dried thread at a decades-old workshop that supplies silk material to upmarket stores in Bangkok. Thailand's share of world silk production is relatively modest at less than 1,000 tons a year compared with leader China, with well over 100,000 tons annually.
Image Of Asia: Weaving Silk In Thailand
The Associated Press, San Diego Union-Tribune Nation
Thu, 07/31/2014 - 5:40am
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