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Burma Not Thankful For US Warships Offering Aid
Thursday, 8 May 2008, 4:03 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- When Burma's biggest enemy the United States offered to send emergency cyclone relief, it probably sounded like North Korea wanting to send its warships and troops to New Orleans to rescue people in the aftermath of Katrina. More >>
Cyclone Help For Irrawaddy Delta Survivors
Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 10:04 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Wounded and terrified survivors waited for help on Tuesday, picking through flimsy bamboo, thatch and wooden wreckage in villages flattened by Cyclone Nargis, which Burma's military regime said killed more than 22,000 people ... More >>
America's Secret Plan To Nuke Vietnam & Laos
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 10:34 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The U.S. Air Force wanted to use "nuclear weapons" against Vietnam in 1959 and 1968, and Laos in 1961, to obliterate communist guerrillas, according to newly declassified secret U.S. Air Force documents. More >>
Richard S. Ehrlich: Coups & Superstitions
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 10:28 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Coup-crazy Thailand is spooked about another possible putsch, after Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej condemned a fortune teller who met the frustrated leader of the 2006 coup. More >>
Accused "Lord of War" Fights Extradition
Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 10:09 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's attempt to extradite a Russian, Viktor Bout, to America for alleged terrorism is not supported by evidence and is based on "blah blah blah," according to his lawyer. More >>
Electro-Shock In Kathmandu
Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 1:14 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
KATHMANDU, Nepal -- When this nation's capital is cut off from electricity, survival becomes a surreal mix of medieval streets lit by candles, people stimulated as if in a Pavlov experiment, and concern that climate change and poverty may doom Kathmandu. ... More >>
Richard Ehrlich: Ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Returns
Friday, 29 February 2008, 8:01 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
After orchestrating a stunning political victory over the military which ousted him in a 2006 coup, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned on Thursday (February 28) from 17 months in self-exile and surrendered to face corruption charges. More >>
Richard Ehrlich: Backpackers Rescue Ancient Hoi An
Wednesday, 6 February 2008, 10:16 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
Foreign backpackers and the United Nations have helped Vietnam's communists rescue this exquisite town, which became dilapidated after wealthy shippers and merchants abandoned it more than 100 years ago. More >>
Richard S. Ehrlich: Warnings Not To Seek Revenge
Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 10:07 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Criticized as a rude right-wing demagogue, 72-year-old Samak Sundaravej was named prime minister on Monday (January 28), amid warnings that he must not seek revenge against military leaders who ousted his partner in a coup. More >>
Richard S. Ehrlich: On Sale In Communist Vietnam
Thursday, 10 January 2008, 1:17 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
"The communists still control the government, but now they allow capitalism, because they know they were wrong," said a Vietnamese man who suffered several months in a communist "re-education" camp in 1975 because he collaborated with Americans. More >>
She's Back! Thaksin's Wife Returns
Thursday, 10 January 2008, 8:58 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
Submitting to "her surrender" and challenging Bangkok's coup-installed junta, fugitive Pojaman Shinawatra returned to Thailand on Tuesday (January 8) to defend her role in alleged corruption committed when her husband was prime minister. More >>
Thai Voters Defy Coup Leaders
Wednesday, 26 December 2007, 9:32 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Rebellious voters defied Thailand's 15-month- old military coup, and cast their ballots overwhelmingly for a politician who supports ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, despite the junta's tribunals which indicted Mr. ... More >>
Thailand Divides On Election
Friday, 21 December 2007, 1:38 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's upcoming election on Sunday (December 23) may be won by an "ultra right-wing" politician whose plan to defy last year's coup and bring back disgraced Thaksin Shinawatra from self-exile could bitterly divide ... More >>
Thailand's Anxious Election
Thursday, 29 November 2007, 11:30 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- This Buddhist-majority nation is gearing up to elect a new prime minister and restore some democracy after last year's coup, but the mood is cynical, anxious and unsatisfied because of the choices available. More >>
The F-Word Disturbs Thailand's Election
Monday, 12 November 2007, 10:52 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's next prime minister could be a "vulgar" and "ultra right-wing" politician who shocked this Buddhist nation when he used the f-word during a boisterous televised news conference on Thursday (November ... More >>
Tiananmen Square, Burmese Style
Friday, 5 October 2007, 10:30 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma is apparently using photos sent to Web sites, TVs and other media to arrest protestors, while praising China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown which turned foreign news videos into virtual wanted posters to capture its dissidents. More >>
Airplane Hijacker's Flight For Burma's Freedom
Sunday, 30 September 2007, 6:51 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A Burmese man who hijacked a Thai International Airways passenger plane, to publicize his country's struggle against its military regime, says other protestors in Burma should not seize aircraft but find "dramatic" and "creative ... More >>
Richard S. Ehrlich: Burma's Bloggers
Friday, 28 September 2007, 2:00 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Dodging a deadly military crackdown, bloggers in Burma are now on the front lines providing news and photos of death and insurrection. More >>
Richard S. Ehrlich: Burma's Dictator
Friday, 28 September 2007, 1:54 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Much of the world now knows about Burma's struggling Buddhist revolution for democracy, but the dictator who rules the country is still obscure, grimly hidden behind dark sunglasses and a uniform decorated with military medals. More >>
Richard Ehrlich: Burma's Buddhists Protest
Wednesday, 26 September 2007, 11:11 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Tens of thousands of maroon-robed monks are trying to stage a Buddhist revolution against Burma's military regime, but Buddhists in next-door Thailand have not lent support to the Burmese quest for democratic enlightenment. More >>
