Word: bangkok
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...imperialism of the imagination, a process of acquisition: the mind collects cultures and experiences and souvenirs. The children of the industrial age poured south to dream upon the ruins. Motives are always rich and varied: travel means forms of freedom. Japanese men flock to sex tours in Seoul, Bangkok and Manila (a woman waiting in the lobby of the hotel when you get off the bus from the airport...
...refugee program has acted as a "pull factor," bleeding Viet Nam of skilled workers. American officials deny this. They point out that although many of the first refugees were professionals and educated civil and military officials, later boat people have been broadly representative. Said a U.S. diplomat in Bangkok: "There are more than enough 'push factors'-forced resettlement, political reeducation, collectivization-to account for the refugee flow...
...Prison. The boat people are also seeking asylum in other Asian countries. About 15 a day arrive in Hong Kong, half of whom would be considered ineligible for resettlement in the U.S. under the new policy. What will happen to these immigrants is still unclear. An American diplomat in Bangkok explained that the new U.S. policy is meant as a warning for potential refugees: "All we are saying is that if you are the least bit uncertain, don't come, because you won't be resettled in the States...
...Taek may disrupt the heroin flow for a while. Thai officials claim they have swept Khun Sa's mercenaries out of Thailand and captured ten tons of guns and ammunition worth $2 million. But narcotics officials admit that the opium war is far from over. Says one Bangkok agent: "The syndicate will start up again. The problem is not supply but demand. People will continue to want heroin and be willing to pay big money for it." -By Marguerite Johnson. Reported by David DeVoss/Bangkok
...Khmer Rouge representative in Bangkok may have cleared part of it up last week. He said that Jones had not visited their territory in 1981, nor met with some of the people he said he interviewed...