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Protesters are back, and angrier, as govt fumbles on Covid
New York Times, Published on 06/09/2021
» In air heavy with monsoonal pressure and discontent, the riot police in Bangkok unleashed rubber bullets and tear gas. Tanat Thanakitamnuay, the scion of a real estate family, stood on a truck, where he had been excoriating Thailand’s leaders for their bungled response to the pandemic.
Govt targets pro-democracy protesters in sweeping legal dragnet
New York Times, Published on 01/02/2021
» A 16-year-old boy is facing possible jail time for parading down a makeshift catwalk in a crop top said to evoke His Majesty the King. An actress stands accused of breaking the law by cheering on and delivering spicy takeout to hungry members of the country’s protest movement.
Tiger Zoo shuttered, but problem only gets worse
New York Times, Published on 23/09/2019
» SI RACHA, Chon Buri: When Thai park rangers raided a popular zoo famous for letting visitors feed and handle tigers, their grisly haul three years ago shocked the world: 1,600 tiger parts, including pelts, amulets fashioned from skins, scores of teeth, 40 dead cubs found in a freezer and 20 more preserved in jars.
Detention of football player ‘historic test’
New York Times, Published on 01/02/2019
» The global sports market is worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Now, this powerful industry is coming together to promote an unlikely cause: human rights.
Born in blood, Myanmar's army prospers
New York Times, Published on 29/01/2018
» YANGON: For Myanmar's army, the campaign of atrocity it has waged to drive hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims out of the country is no innovation. The force was born in blood 76 years ago and has been shedding it ever since.
The Rohingya in Myanmar: How years of strife grew into a crisis
New York Times, Published on 14/09/2017
» A military crackdown against the Rohingya ethnic group has driven hundreds of thousands of men, women and children from their homes in Myanmar.
In Indonesia and Philippines, militants find a common bond
New York Times, Published on 27/05/2017
» An eruption of violence in the southern Philippines and suicide bombings in Indonesia this week highlight the growing threat posed by militant backers of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia.
Hun Sen’s bodyguards convicted of assault
New York Times, Published on 28/05/2016
» HONG KONG - Three members of the bodyguard unit of Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen were convicted Friday of assaulting a pair of opposition lawmakers outside the country’s National Assembly in October.
Sold-out MMA event invades Muay Thai turf
New York Times, Published on 19/05/2016
» When Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke walks into a packed arena on May 27, a lot will be familiar to the local fight legend, including the roar of his fans and the rhythmic sarama music that is an integral part of traditional Muay Thai kickboxing in Thailand.
In one-party Vietnam, independents vie for Assembly seats
New York Times, Published on 22/03/2016
» HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Taking the stage here on Friday, singer-songwriter Mai Khoi launched into her hit song "Vietnam," an optimistic ode to the country’s landscape and people. But the rest of her set list included songs, such as one called "Cuffed in Freedom," that addressed hot-button social issues like corruption, gender inequality and official restrictions on artistic expression.