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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 <i>sarama</i> music that is an integral part of traditional Muay Thai kickboxing in Thailand.
Symbol of dignified defiance, Suu Kyi sounds provocative note
New York Times, Published on 18/11/2015
» NAY PYI TAW -- For two decades, Aung San Suu Kyi was a radiant symbol of dignified nonviolent resistance, most of that time confined to house arrest by the generals who have governed Myanmar for half a century.
China says 2 activists sent back by Thailand now detained
New York Times, Published on 27/11/2015
» BEIJING -- The Chinese government confirmed it has repatriated and detained two dissidents who were living in Thailand and had won UN recognition as refugees, a state-run newspaper reported.
Desperate to escape Myanmar, migrants left to starve
New York Times, Published on 15/05/2015
» ANDAMAN SEA — A wooden fishing boat carrying several hundred desperate migrants from Myanmar was spotted adrift in the Andaman Sea between Thailand and Malaysia, part of an exodus in which thousands of people have taken to the sea in recent weeks but no country has been willing to take them in.
Signs uncertain, but migrant crisis may be abating
New York Times, Published on 27/05/2015
» HONG KONG — No boats of Southeast Asian migrants have landed since the last one washed ashore in Indonesia a week ago. Search and rescue vessels from Malaysia and Indonesia have found no more migrants at sea. Some refugees appear to be returning to Myanmar.
Migrants in Malaysia trading one nightmare for another
New York Times, Published on 26/05/2015
» GELUGOR, MALAYSIA —For Hasinah Ezahar, the three-week sea journey with three of her children from western Myanmar to Malaysia was an endless agony of anxiety, illness, hunger and threats from the smugglers they paid to spirit them abroad.