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U.S. Pentagon is "Not a Declining Power"
Monday, 12 February 2018, 4:37 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
By Richard S. Ehrlich BANGKOK, Thailand -- U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford has arrived in Bangkok after visiting Australia, emphasizing the U.S. is "not a declining power" and will improve military ... More >>
Time Has Come Today for Thailand's Military Junta
Wednesday, 7 February 2018, 10:22 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's coup-installed defense minister has offered to resign over his involvement in a worsening financial scandal which threatens to derail Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha's chances of remaining in power after elections in November ... More >>
Richard S. Ehrlich: Time Machines Hurt Military Regime
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 4:33 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Twenty-five wristwatches totaling $1.24 million have become painful tourniquets on the arm of Thailand's coup-installed defense minister. More >>
The Pope in Myanmar During A Bloody Purge
Tuesday, 28 November 2017, 2:19 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Pope Francis' first-ever visit by a Roman Catholic pontiff to Buddhist-majority Myanmar which started on November 27 will be closely watched for his reaction to the country's bloody military campaign against more than one million ... More >>
Buddhist-Hindu Cremation for Thailand's King
Tuesday, 24 October 2017, 2:11 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Millions of mourners are gathering for the opulent royal cremation on October 25-29 of Thailand's king who had a Golden Death Mask placed over his face and has lain, for the past one year, in a coffin blessed by chanting Buddhist monks ... More >>
Ehrlich: White House Meeting With Coup-Installed Leader
Thursday, 5 October 2017, 4:50 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- President Donald Trump's White House invitation to meet Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on October 2 allowed Bangkok's coup-installed military government to gain prestige and legitimacy while the junta's political opponents ... More >>
She's Now A Guilty International Fugitive
Monday, 2 October 2017, 8:04 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A Supreme Court sentenced fugitive former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to five years in prison on September 27 after ruling in absentia she was guilty of negligence for not stopping alleged corruption costing billions of dollars ... More >>
Yingluck's Secret "Great Escape" Benefits the Junta
Friday, 1 September 2017, 2:02 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's "Great Escape" from Thailand last week allows her to dodge a possible 10-year prison sentence and enjoy a billionaire's international lifestyle, but she gave the military government, ... More >>
$1 Billion in U.S. Weapons Sales, Plus $261 Million More
Friday, 28 July 2017, 1:30 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- After the U.S. sold weapons to Thailand worth $1 billion during the past decade, this year's $261 million in U.S. arms deals will strengthen the current coup-installed military government against political opponents and Islamist ... More >>
"Cutting Off" North Korea to "Denuclearize" Pyongyang
Monday, 24 July 2017, 1:59 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- When U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Glyn T. Davies recently asked Bangkok's coup-installed military government to support international sanctions against North Korea, he reflected concerns by analysts that Pyongyang could build nuclear ... More >>
The CIA's Lying Vietnamese Spies, "Ghosts," & "Slicky Boys"
Wednesday, 12 July 2017, 4:06 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's belief in lying Vietnamese spies, "ghosts," "slicky boys" and "marketplace mush" contributed to America losing its Vietnam War in 1975, according to James Parker, ... More >>
Buddhist Nuns Suffer Hostility & Sexism
Tuesday, 27 June 2017, 10:57 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
By Richard S. Ehrlich BANGKOK, Thailand -- An American Buddhist nun said the U.S. Embassy rescued her from Thai men who wanted to kidnap her, but they later allegedly burned down her temple dormitory because she intentionally disobeys Thai Buddhist ... More >>
A CIA Evacuation from Vietnam: Suicides, Executions & Risk
Friday, 23 June 2017, 8:50 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- When the U.S.-Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, a Central Intelligence Agency officer's two best military sources committed suicide and an American diplomat endangered the lives of escaping staff and CIA personnel, according ... More >>
Car Bomb in Thailand Injures 56 and Damages Peace Talks
Thursday, 18 May 2017, 4:23 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A devastating car bomb exploded in front of a shopping complex on May 9 in southern Thailand, minutes after a smaller blast lured security forces and rescuers to the site, injuring at least 56 people in the one of the worst attacks ... More >>
Fearing Waco Bloodshed at a Buddhist Temple
Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 2:12 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Fearing duplication of 1993's Waco, Texas bloodshed, thousands of Thai troops and police retreated from their three-week siege surrounding a Buddhist temple after failing to find the former abbot who is wanted for alleged financial ... More >>
Ehrlich: Strokes, Alzheimer's and "Dangerous" Birthdays
Friday, 10 March 2017, 11:20 am | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Alzheimer's and dementia can be triggered by small silent strokes caused by high blood pressure, but "birthdays are dangerous" and can be fatal for elderly people, warned a World Federation of Neurology former president. More >>
President Trump & Thailand's Military Coup Leaders
Thursday, 2 March 2017, 12:21 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- President Donald Trump may strengthen Washington's support for Bangkok's military government after sending the head of the U.S. Pacific Command to open a 10-day Cobra Gold military exercise on Valentine's Day, the highest-level ... More >>
Thailand's Military Junta Consolidates Power
Wednesday, 4 January 2017, 4:58 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's military government is consolidating its control and skillfully handling the country's traumatic mourning in the aftermath of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's death on October 13 at age 88, while a flow of hundreds of thousands ... More >>
Palestinians Seize Israeli Embassy - Richard S. Ehrlich
Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 4:20 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
Armed Palestinian "Black September" guerrillas seized the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok, threatened to execute the six Israelis inside and blow up the building, but suddenly surrendered saying, "We love your king," when told that King Bhumibol Adulyadej was ... More >>
China's Diplomatic Success in Thailand & The Philippines
Monday, 24 October 2016, 10:29 pm | Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- China is achieving fresh diplomatic successes in Thailand and the Philippines, thanks to security arrangements which blocked Hong Kong's pro-democracy dissident Joshua Wong from visiting Bangkok in October and an unexpected anti-U.S. ... More >>
