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Hautel Couture's boutique flagship, Dream, has followed its first property in midtown Manhattan with a sleek, glass-wrapped edifice in Bangkok (www.dreambkk.com). Its resident manager, Adi Jaya, is a dapper Balinese who trained at the sumptuous Asian chain Amanresorts, so you can expect your total experience?accommodation, service, dining?to be sublime. Inside the guest rooms, the accent is purely contemporary: white walls and leather chaises, cerulean lighting, Egyptian cotton linen tucked into platform beds, iPod nanos and 42-inch plasma TVs, while the two suites boast deep-soak baths and bars stocked with Veuve Clicquot and 42 Below...
...real name) is not the only one talking. In an interview with TIME, a high-ranking insurgent leader confirms what the teenager suggests: a new generation of militants is tightening its grip on the south, employing increasingly brutal methods that threaten to wreck an uncommon mood of conciliation in Bangkok. The leader, who calls himself Hassam and commands 250 fighters, claims there is now at least one militant cell in 80% of southern villages. His and Ma-ae's rare testimony help to illuminate a shadowy insurgency remarkable for its secrecy, resilience and bloodiness...
...publicly align themselves with any insurgent outfit. Their leaders are unknown. In the local Malay dialect, the new militants are simply referred to as juwae, or "fighters"?that is, when anyone dares refer to them at all. Most worryingly, the juwae are apparently not interested in talking peace, despite Bangkok's post-Thaksin eagerness to do so. Surayud's fresh approach has had no impact on the daily diet of bomb blasts, shoot-outs and beheadings. "The government has sent some encouraging signals, but it will need to go much further if it hopes to stem the killings," says Francesca...
...first to raise the bar for Samui's dining scene when it opened in 2004. Perched high above the sweep of Lamai Bay, it's run by South African owner-chef Bradley Munns, who cut his teeth setting up gastronomic establishments in Bangkok. Munns uses plenty of imported ingredients to create mouthwatering dishes like the house speciality, Portuguese charcoal-grilled piri-piri chicken. GREEN OLIVE: Attached to a boutique resort, this tranquil and warm dining room, tel: (66-77) 230 222, serves up some of the island's best pasta dishes. That's no surprise when you discover that Italian...
...Bangkok's élite may have forced their way into power peacefully, but they have discarded democracy and the rights of the majority, which voted in the Thaksin government. While the minority rejoices, the majority will remain voiceless, helpless and puzzled at the way the power game is being played and how national interest is defined. Loh Seng Hock Johor Bahru, Malaysia...