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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 >>
Thailand Coup Anniversary
Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 11:44 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- One year after the military toppled Thailand's elected government in a bloodless coup, this Buddhist- majority ally of America now suffers splits over its failure to put ousted officials on trial for alleged corruption and extra-judicial ... More >>
Coup Punishment 1st Lede Writethru
Monday, 3 September 2007, 10:30 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Jakrapob Penkair, a leading enemy of Thailand's ruling junta, wants the military officers who staged last year's bloodless coup to be put on trial and jailed for life, and face possible execution. More >>
Richard S. Ehrlich: Coup Punishment
Friday, 31 August 2007, 11:52 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Jakrapob Penkair, a leading enemy of Thailand's ruling junta, wants the military officers who staged last year's bloodless coup to be put on trial and jailed for life, and face possible execution. More >>
Richard S. Ehrlich: Thailand Constitution
Sunday, 12 August 2007, 1:55 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's coup-installed military regime has told citizens to vote "yes" for a new constitution, written while half the country is muzzled under martial law, or accept a mysterious back-up constitution which is being ... More >>
British Ambassador David Fall
Monday, 30 July 2007, 1:17 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The British Ambassador to Thailand and Laos, David Fall, ended his career as a diplomat by giving a wildly hilarious, shockingly blunt, comedy performance of taboo jokes about Scotsmen using condoms, trigger-happy Americans, and sexual ... More >>
Slug: British Ambassador David Fall
Sunday, 29 July 2007, 12:48 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The British Ambassador to Thailand and Laos, David Fall, ended his career as a diplomat by giving a wildly hilarious, shockingly blunt, comedy performance of taboo jokes about Scotsmen using condoms, trigger-happy Americans, and sexual ... More >>
Richard S. Ehrlich: Khmer Rouge Trial (w. Images)
Saturday, 14 July 2007, 7:51 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Defending Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge leaders at an international tribunal may include arguing about genocide and the lack of a "smoking gun," despite the deaths of up to three million Cambodians, according to U.N. Principal ... More >>
Money Freezing
Friday, 15 June 2007, 11:54 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
Bangkok, Thailand -- The military junta, which seized power in a bloodless September coup, is wondering if the politically savvy wife of the ousted prime minister carried cash from corruption in two dozen luggage bags when she flew out of Thailand. More >>
Laos "Stinger" Terror Plot Busted In California
Sunday, 10 June 2007, 12:55 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After a U.S. Justice Department undercover agent displayed a Stinger air-to-surface missile in a bugged Hilton Hotel room in Sacramento, California, paranoia began to spread. More >>
Photo Feature: Thailand's Last Executioner
Monday, 4 June 2007, 7:50 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- He shot 55 men and women in the back, killing them with a burst of bullets aimed at the heart, while each person was tied to a wooden cross. More >>
A Corrupting A Cosmic Crutch Emerges In Thailand
Monday, 14 May 2007, 1:06 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Click for big version An inexpensive Jatukam Ramathep amulet, given to a Buddhist at a temple in Bangkok after the devotee offered a small donation. - Photo copyright by Richard S. Ehrlich More >>
A Burned Body Illustrates Martial Law In Thailand
Friday, 13 April 2007, 11:24 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Traumatized Thais scooped the charred chunks of a Buddhist woman's corpse off the street, wrapped the blackened pieces in white cloth, and showed the grisly evidence to Thailand's coup leader. More >>
Richard S. Ehrlich: Who Bombed Bangkok?
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 2:32 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- This Buddhist-majority nation is gripped with suspense over an unsolved, bloody New Year's Eve terrorist attack in Bangkok. Who planted nine bombs in the capital's streets during public count-down celebrations, killing three ... More >>
