<div> <div>More than 500 villagers in northeastern Thailand have gathered to oppose a potash mine, saying the mine operator bypassed the Environmental Impact Assessment process. &nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 25 September 2016, over 500 villagers from Wanon Niwat District, Sakon Nakhon Province, gathered at the District Office to oppose a local potash mining project. </div></div>

<p>Southern villagers rallied at Nakhon Si Thammarat Administrative Court with the body of an anti-mine activist, who was assassinated on Sunday, after the court ruled in favour of the villagers to temporarily halt a mining operation.</p> <p>According to Thairath Newspaper, hundreds of villagers from Krung Ching Subdistrict in the Southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat on Wednesday morning rallied at the Administrative Court with the body of Pithan Thongpanang to continue to press the court to stop the mining operations in the district.</p>