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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 >>
Six Months On Thai Coup Plotters Face Tough Times
Monday, 19 March 2007, 2:44 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Six months after the military grabbed power in a bloodless coup, Thailand faces a worsening Islamist insurgency, a plunging economy, fears of more Bangkok bomb blasts, and widespread despair. More >>
Thailand's Junta Warn Of Terror Attacks In Bangkok
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 1:39 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's U.S.-backed military regime is warning that Islamist insurgent infiltrators will try to bomb Bangkok and escalate their war for independence, which has killed 2,000 people in the past three years. More >>
Thailand's Junta Warn Of Terror Attacks In Bangkok
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 2:37 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's U.S.-backed military regime is warning that Muslim infiltrators will try to bomb Bangkok and escalate their war for independence, which has killed 2,000 people in the past three years. More >>
How My Book Got Slashed In London's Tate Modern
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 10:34 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- London's Tate Modern museum recently discovered a woman who, wielding a sharp blade, obsessively cut more than 80 words from 123 books, including our nonfiction tome, "Hello My Big Big Honey!" Love Letters to Bangkok Bar Girls ... More >>
Richard S. Ehrlich: Thailand Anti-Singapore
Friday, 19 January 2007, 10:22 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Official links between Thailand and Singapore, two of America's staunchest Southeast Asian military allies, have turned hostile amid security fears after the tiny island nation hosted former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ... More >>
Shinawatra's Passport Cancelled, Son Interrogated
Thursday, 11 January 2007, 11:45 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The military junta, which overthrew prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup, cancelled his diplomatic passport on Wednesday (January 10) after linking his supporters to deadly New Year bomb blasts. More >>
Bangkok Bomb Plot
Thursday, 4 January 2007, 2:11 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Eight small bombs which killed three people and injured 38, including nine foreigners during Bangkok's New Year celebrations, were a plot by supporters of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, according to the military ... More >>
Thai Military Push Against Muslim Guerrillas Fails
Friday, 15 December 2006, 10:49 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After staging a bloodless, right-wing coup to expand their political and economic control, Thailand's U.S.-trained military has been unable to crush Muslim guerrillas in the south, resulting in hundreds of Buddhists fleeing ... More >>
Thai's Coup Leaders Face A Southern Insurgency
Monday, 6 November 2006, 8:27 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The horror of 78 Muslim men who were forcibly tied up, laid out like logs in army trucks, crushed until their eyes bled and they suffocated to death, has not been forgotten despite the coup regime's apology. More >>
PM Shinawatra Willing To Stand Trial In Thailand
Monday, 6 November 2006, 2:10 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is willing to stand trial for corruption and extrajudicial murders allegedly committed during his reign, and wants to return from self-exile when martial law is lifted, his lawyer said in ... More >>
Squabbling Erupts Among Thailand's Coup Plotters
Thursday, 2 November 2006, 3:51 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Six weeks after a bloodless military coup destroyed Thailand's democracy, squabbling has erupted among supporters of the putsch, amid worries that corrupt politicians are hiding illegal loot while the ruling junta dithers without ... More >>
Thai Junta Warns Of Risks Of Lifting Martial Law
Friday, 6 October 2006, 3:11 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The American Embassy on Wednesday (October 4) pressured Thailand's military junta to lift martial law within 10 days, but coup leader Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratkalin warned of problems "if martial law is lifted too soon." More >>
Thai Coup Leaders Promise Corruption Investigation
Friday, 29 September 2006, 9:38 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The military coup leaders promised to investigate alleged corruption committed during ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's reign, including his family's 1.9 billion U.S. dollar telecommunications sale, Thailand's purchase of ... More >>
Thailand's Coup Plotters Award Themselves Immunity
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 11:20 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The military junta unveiled on Wednesday (September 27) a draft constitution awarding themselves "complete immunity" after they toppled Thailand's elected government in a bloodless coup, declared martial law, shredded the previous ... More >>
