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Thailand's Fugitive Ex-Prime Minister Fails to Get Pardon
Thursday, 24 November 2011, 4:47 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
The government's first apparent attempt to win an amnesty for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is a convicted international fugitive, failed after it was condemned as inappropriate to include him among 26,000 criminals eligible for a possible ... More >>
Struggling to Survive Bangkok's Worsening Floods
Friday, 11 November 2011, 9:55 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Worsening floods, which killed 506 people, are inundating more of Bangkok, prompting warnings about how to avoid disease, electrocution, crocodiles and other dangers in the infectious, garbage-strewn water which thousands of people ... More >>
Floods Dissolve Thailand's Superficial Can-Do Image
Monday, 24 October 2011, 8:23 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's new prime minister is suffering criticism for her failures while tackling massive floods which killed 356 people, knocked out U.S. and other foreign factories, and rendered thousands of people homeless, but three ... More >>
Bangkok Becomes Medieval-Style Fortress Against Deadly Flood
Friday, 21 October 2011, 11:24 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
Floods have smothered much of Thailand, killing at least 317 people and prompting Bangkok to surround itself with makeshift walls, leaving those outside the perimeter to suffer from diverted water, reminiscent of medieval times when people dug moats ... More >>
Worsening Floods in Thailand Kill and Destroy
Monday, 10 October 2011, 4:58 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
The worst floods in decades have killed 261 people, swamped an export manufacturing zone, and caused millions of dollars in damage to crops and property while government officials publicly prayed to Buddha and prepared Bangkok for a destructive deluge. More >>
Nazis, the Holocaust, and World War II Haunt Thailand
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 11:47 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
A parade by proud students wearing Nazi uniforms with swastika armbands, carrying toy rifles and led by a girl dressed as Hitler with a fake moustache, has resulted in condemnation by the U.S.-based Simon Wiesenthal Center and public debate in Thailand ... More >>
C.I.A. Torture Chamber at Bangkok's International Airport?
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 11:51 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency may have used Bangkok's former Don Muang International Airport as its secret prison to torture a suspected Muslim terrorist, the first time a specific location has ever been described within Thailand, according to statements ... More >>
Ex-Massage Parlor Tycoon Rubs Away Thailand's Police Chief
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 2:56 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
When voters recently elected a crude, joke-cracking, former massage parlor tycoon to parliament, no one expected him to immediately unleash a video sting against Thailand's biggest illegal casino, and topple the country's chief of police, plus the military-installed ... More >>
Islamist Guerrillas Want Southern Thailand
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 4:18 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Each morning, Buddhist monks wrap themselves in saffron-colored robes and silently stroll, collecting alms in Thailand's three southern provinces while a phalanx of troops armed with assault rifles walk alongside, protecting them from Islamist assassins. More >>
Red Shirts Sidelined by Thailand's New Government
Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 2:13 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Thailand's first female prime minister did not give any cabinet positions to her Red Shirt parliamentary allies, despite their role in bringing her to power through their anti-coup insurrection last year which left 91 people dead. More >>
Thailand's Female PM Faces Hostile U.S.-Trained Military
Monday, 8 August 2011, 3:43 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Parliament elected Yingluck Shinawatra as Thailand's first female prime minister on Friday (August 5), but she faces a hostile U.S.-trained military which toppled her brother from power in a 2006 putsch and crushed last year's anti-coup Red Shirt ... More >>
Thailand's PM Faces Hostile U.S.-Trained Military
Sunday, 7 August 2011, 2:54 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Parliament elected Yingluck Shinawatra as Thailand's first female prime minister on Friday (August 5), but she faces a hostile U.S.-trained military which toppled her brother from power in a 2006 putsch and crushed last year's anti-coup ... More >>
Anxiety as China Influences Thailand's Economy
Thursday, 4 August 2011, 10:47 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
A birthday party's dinner guests were bubbling with cheer until the subject of China came up, causing some of the Thais to suddenly turn gloomy. "People in Thailand are worried," said a former foreign ministry diplomat, placing down his glass of red ... More >>
Demands for U.S Waterboarding in Thailand to be Investigated
Friday, 22 July 2011, 3:09 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Yingluck Shinawatra expects to be confirmed as Thailand's first female prime minister next month, enabling Washington and Bangkok to resurrect their collaboration in America's war on terror which entwined the two democracies before the military toppled her ... More >>
Thailand's First Female PrimeMinister Will Reverse 2006 Coup
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 2:09 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Voters gave a strong mandate to elect Thailand's first female Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, on Sunday (July 3) so she can reverse a devastating 2006 coup by the U.S.-trained military and bring her toppled brother, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, ... More >>
Thailand's First Female PM Will Reverse 2006 Coup
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 10:28 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Voters gave a strong mandate to elect Thailand's first female prime minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, on Sunday (July 3) so she can reverse a devastating 2006 coup by the U.S.-trained military and bring her toppled brother, former premier ... More >>
Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Envies Arab Uprisings
Friday, 1 July 2011, 10:21 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's government told pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi that her political party was acting "against the law" and warned her to stop its activity, the same day she expressed "envy" for the Arab uprisings ... More >>
Thailand Election May Result in Trials Against Politicians
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 9:56 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
Richard S. Ehrlich reports: If she becomes Thailand's first female prime minister after a nationwide election on July 3, Yingluck Shinawatra may start tribunals against the current government and military for their role in the deaths of 91 people during ... More >>
U.S. Marines Teach Thailand to Use Tasers & Neurotoxin Spray
Friday, 17 June 2011, 9:18 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. Marines have finished training Thailand's military and police to use electroshock Tasers to inflict "intense pain," shoot a blinding neurotoxin spray, and explode non-lethal grenades, one year after Bangkok's army ... More >>
A Woman May Win Thailand's "Clone" Versus "Puppet" Election
Friday, 10 June 2011, 11:57 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Yingluck Shinawatra may become Thailand's first female prime minister next month, so Thais are focusing on her face, gender, inexperience and relationship to her "clone" brother, Thaksin, a popular premier who was overthrown ... More >>
