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The big issue: After the honeymoon
Alan Dawson, Published on 29/06/2014
» Much was made last week of a couple of opinion polls that showed the coup authorities in general, no pun intended, and the head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) in particular are pretty popular guys right now. "Guys" because a glass ceiling is part of the new administration.
The big issue: Passports for sale
Alan Dawson, Published on 16/03/2014
» Brief relief from the serious disappearance and search for Malaysian Airlines flight 370 came in the revelation that two passengers were carrying passports stolen long ago in Phuket.
The big issue: Kamnan Thep hits the streets
Alan Dawson, Published on 01/12/2013
» Anti-government leader Suthep Thaugsuban attracted a huge crowd last Sunday to his "million-man rally", the biggest political protest since the 2005 heyday of the pre-coup yellow shirts.
THE BIG ISSUE: The great airline cover-up
Alan Dawson, Published on 14/09/2013
» Flight TG 679 came out of the north and east from southern China last Sunday night, as it did habitually each late evening, homing in on its Suvarnabhumi airport base. At 11.25pm, the Airbus A330-300, its 288 passengers and its 14 crew members kissed the runway.
Analysis: Strongman no more
Alan Dawson, Published on 29/07/2013
» Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia clung to power in Sunday's national elections, but lost his reputation as an immovable force.
Lo Hsing Han: the life and crimes of Asia's heroin king
Spectrum, Alan Dawson, Published on 21/07/2013
» Lo Hsing Han, who was buried in Yangon last week, led three exciting lives in his 80 or so years.
N. Korea fails to pull off 'safety' bluff with diplomats
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 08/04/2013
» On the last Friday of August 1975, I was summoned to the press office of the foreign ministry in Ho Chi Minh City, then four months into its new communist rule.
No useable oil in disputed areas: US
Alan Dawson, Published on 07/04/2013
» An authoritative new report on likely oil and gas reserves in the heavily disputed regions of the South China has concluded that there probably aren't any.
China considered killing Naw Kham with drone
Alan Dawson, Published on 20/02/2013
» China considered using a drone to kill drug warlord Naw Kham in the Myanmar section of the Golden Triangle last year, the Chinese anti-drug agent who chased him for months has revealed.
Obama gets tough on foreign policy
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 09/09/2012
» The US presidential election campaign finally began yesterday, and it promises to be an eventful 58 days of tough electioneering before Americans decide on Nov 6 who will serve.