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Death And Surrender The Cost For Freedom In Burma
Three thousand died in pro-democracy demonstrations in Myanmar in the late 1980s. The killings were not enough to bring about democratic change to the troubled country. Today, monks in Burma, along with a growing courageous civilian population, are facing down the military. As of this writing and ...
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Hooters In Beijing Makes A ???Smaller??? Impression
A Hooters girl in China once remarked that feminists dont complain about Hooters in China because there arent many feminists in China. Which begs the question: Are there more Hooters girls or feminists in China? Only someone from the Western world would ask such a question when young girls in ...
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Cambodian Tribunal: So What???s The Point?
Cambodia has arrested Nuon Chea, Brother Number Two, a regular corpse at 82 years old. Oh brother. Nuon Chea, the most senior surviving member of the Khmer Rouge, was pardoned some years back by the then and current Prime Minister and one time Khmer Rouge stalwart Hun Sen. Oh brother. The ...
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It???s Not Our Fault Goes The Subtle Thai Message
Two days after the tragic plane crash in Phuket speculation has begun about how it happened, why it happened, and who was responsible. All of this, as stated above is speculation, because investigators have not put together the facts yet. It could be some time before it is all pieced together. ...
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Plane Crash In Phuket, Thailand Puts Budget Carriers Under Spotlight
A budget airliner carrying 140 passengers and crew crashed on landing in Phuket, Thailand, killing 88 passengers. Witnesses say the One-Two-Go jet came in far to fast, bounced on landing, skidded off the runway, caught fire, and then exploded. For more details on the crash and its aftermath vi ...
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School Age Generals Swelling Cambodia???s Officer Corps
Cambodias military has been hit criticism by the Peoples Power Party that there are too many officer for the size of the nations military. Yet, the ratios of enlisted men to officers really doesnt seem too bad if you compare it with, say, the US military. Cambodia has about 100,000 and about 10,00 ...
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Pork Barreling, Vote Buying ???Same, Same???
Folks in the West like to point the finger at those developing countries and say, Are those ignorant bastards corrupt, or what? Yet, those same people fail to realize just how corrupt their own system really is. In the end, those developing nations are no more corrupt than high and mighty Western ...
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Thugs Beat Cop As Supervising Police Watch
Its not everyday that a gang of thugs storm into a police station, force a cop to his knees, and then beat him unconscious as his superiors look on. Its not everyday, unless youre in Thailand. It appears a lowly street cop roughed up the wrong person in the provincial Northeast city of Yasotho ...
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Marauding Myanmar Monks
Its not easy putting down a revolt of pious religious folks, even if youre a brutal repressive regime like the one in Myanmar. It doesnt help when youre government is already the scourge of the free world. If you attack and brutalize the monks in the country, as you do the general populace, well ...
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Fried Banana Addiction, Need Help!
While China may be serving up stealthy cardboard meals, Thailand is seducing the masses, and Maxwell Book specifically, with tasty street treats. One particularly delectable snack found in most regions of Thailand is the fried banana. In the local tongue its called glui thod. Glui means banana an ...
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Execution Does Not Make Eating Safe In China
China has executed a dangerous man. A Chinese court found him responsible for approving drugs that were never responsibly tested. Those drugs may have been the cause of countless deaths and other tragic consequences. Hes dead, but is the danger gone? Most likely not. China has exported poisoned ...
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North Korea Teaches Realpolitiks To World Powers
Hope springs eternal for the international community in their quest to de-nuke North Korea. Kim Jong-il, on the other hand, snickers under his breath after pocketing his ill-gotten booty. The leader will soon have his mitts on some 25 million dollars frozen two years ago after it was discovered to ...
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Thailand In Denial About Southern Insurgency
Maybe if they all close their eyes the bombings, shootings, and burnings will just go away. It appears thats Thailands latest strategy to a violent and growing insurgency in the South. According Thailands Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas, the insurgents are on their last legs. Somebody just might ...
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Thailand Neglecting Budget Travelers
Some travel trend watchers are claiming the era of the dread-locked, tattooed, unkempt, stoned, smelly, and penny pitching backpacker is over. They say these one time hippie marauders are growing in numbers and have a growing pile of expendable cash, a far different reality to the typical backpacker ...
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What???s In A Name? Evidently, Not Enough
Imagine millions of people answering to the same name. In China, thats just the kind of problem people are facing. Too many people, not enough names. And in a country with 1.3 billion people problems appear larger, fatter, wider, bigger, taller, and a whole lot more complicated. Currently, abou ...
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Freezing Thaksin???s Assets: Right Move, Wrong Time
Thailands military junta has passed judgment on former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra: Guilty until proven innocent! Announcement number 30, as the official order by the ruling military strongmen is called, says all of Thaksins reachable assets will be frozen until he can prove he received them ...
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Olympic Countdown: Slave Wages And Repression
With the 2008 Summer Games just a year away, China is grappling with bad press. It appears the totalitarian state cant shed its repressive ways despite promises that it would if given the opportunity to host the Olympics. Recently, Amnesty International charged China with using the Olympics to su ...
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Three Cheers For Rampaging Youths In China
After one student is beating by city inspectors in Zhengzhou, China Wednesday, hundreds of university students riot, burning cars and chasing inspectors. While NewsTalkAsia.com does not necessarily support general mayhem, rampaging students in China appear to have a good case for taking their ang ...
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Asia Leads Internet Censorship And Repression
Led by China, Asia has become the leader in internet censorship and repression. Amnesty International says the internet could change beyond all recognition if something isnt done to stop online censorship. The caution comes before a conference organized by Amnesty that will chronicle online repre ...
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Secrets Of Beijing???s Underground City
Last Monday marked the 18th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators. News Talk Asias Namaka Uesugi recently visited the historic landmark that Beijings government would rather forget. In her latest pod cast for NewsTalkAsia.com, Namaka explores a little known ...
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