Word: chulanont
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is back in Asia as a private citizen following his Sept. 19 ouster by a military coup. So far he has been spotted riding horses in Beijing, shopping in Hong Kong and golfing in Bali. Where to next? Anywhere but Thailand, where Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said on Nov. 12 that Thaksin should stay away for another year, until after elections are held under a new constitution...
...lived with massive corruption and oppression. I know we have to wait and see if the people in power keep their promise of finishing the revision of the constitution and calling a new election within a year. At least they kept their promise of choosing a Prime Minister-Surayud Chulanont-who is universally acceptable to the people, and the tanks and soldiers disappeared from the streets immediately thereafter. Democracy may yet have the last laugh in Thailand. And that is definitely what every Thai is looking forward to. Supoj Homprasert Wat Chalor, Thailand...
...lived with massive corruption and oppression. I know we have to wait and see if the people in power keep their promise of finishing the revision of the constitution and calling a new election within a year. At least they kept their promise of choosing a Prime Minister - Surayud Chulanont - who is universally acceptable to the people, and the tanks and soldiers disappeared from the streets immediately thereafter. Democracy may yet have the last laugh in Thailand. And that is definitely what every Thai is looking forward to. Supoj Homprasert Wat Chalor, Thailand Bangkok's elite may have forced their...
With a new caretaker prime minister in place and elections promised for next year, the leaders of Thailand's Sept. 19 coup spent last week reassuring the world that the country was returning to some semblance of normalcy. But will the economy do the same? Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, a former general installed by the junta on Oct. 1, began his tenure by publicly committing himself to the "people's happiness." But Surayud's definition of happiness, which emphasizes "self-sufficient" economic practices over GDP growth, and consumption of local goods over foreign products, worries some economists and investors...
...jungle in 1998, survivors of his genocidal rule rued that the infamous Khmer Rouge leader never stood trial for his crimes. It turns out that some form of jungle justice may have been meted out to Brother Number One after all. Thailand's Army Commander in Chief General Surayud Chulanont claimed last week he had evidence Pol Pot had actually been poisoned. According to Surayud, intelligence and autopsy reports suggest there were traces of toxic chemicals in Pol Pot's internal organs. His remains were never subjected to a formal autopsy-Khmer Rouge guerrillas cremated Pol Pot's body shortly...