Word: thai
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...village reportedly tied up and beat a local official. Witnesses say some shouted for the Kinh to leave. In a country where open opposition is rare and dealt with harshly, the riots amounted to Vietnam's worst unrest since 1997 when thousands of villagers in northeastern Thai Binh province protested against land distribution by corrupt officials...
...Losers PIN CHAKKAPHAK U.K. court approves Thai financier's extradition. That whole Asian financial crisis? His fault BANGARU LAXMAN Still time for med school. Prez of India's ruling party caught on camera accepting bribes MIR Russian space station crashing below the 2000 level?no, wait, that's the NASDAQ Verbatim...
...movie Iron Ladies - about a volleyball team comprised of transsexuals - seemed to say to the world that Thailand embraces all. In reality, the film's success owed more to a good storyline than to societal understanding. Although they're not exactly ostracized, transsexuals live on the fringes of Thai society and struggle to be accepted as women. Most of their countrymen believe them to be suffering for bad behavior in a past life...
...Chittarika's identity card her gender - despite her surgery, her little black dress, her long, soft brown hair - is listed as male. Every time an official or employer asks to see it, they find out that she used to be a he. Thai law doesn't allow people to change their gender on identity cards or passports. And yet, Thailand offers people like Chittarika more freedom than most other Asian countries. Singapore and Malaysia push transsexuals much further into the shadows, and the surgery is illegal in Japan...
...meet up with hundreds of other bikers from other slums like Makasan and Suan Phloo. They have been holding these rallies for a decade, some of the kids first coming on the backs of their older brother's bikes. Ken rot is a ritual by now, as ingrained in Thai culture as the speed they smoke to get up for the night of racing. The street is effectively closed off to non-motorcyclists and pedestrians. The bikers idle along the side of the road and then take off in twos and threes, popping wheelies, standing on their seats; the tricks...