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...soil to protect against a possible North Korean military threat. In the meantime, it's monitoring what other Asian nations are doing. "If the Japanese go, Korea might go," says Mo Jongryn, an international-relations expert at Yonsei University in Seoul. A similar calculus is being assessed in Thailand, which has 443 troops in Iraq and has already suffered two soldier casualties. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he will consider pulling out Thai troops if the situation deteriorates...
...three years in office, Thailand's Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, has helmed the best-performing economy in Southeast Asia and enjoyed stratospheric approval ratings. But a series of recent setbacks has many Thais wondering if he's losing his touch. Thaksin's woes began with his slow response to the recent bird-flu crisis, which has killed eight and devastated the country's chicken industry. Then, in quick succession, he was forced to back down from a controversial plan to close entertainment venues at midnight, respond to accusations that he was using his influence to muffle criticism in the local...
...Next door in Thailand, streets and shopping malls are filled with carts selling all sorts of creepy crawlies. The Thais consume around 300 tons a year, and estimates put the bug business at $50 million annually?about the same as the country's pizza business. For about 50? a bunch, the adventurous eater can snack on a variety of 20 kinds of insects (depending on the size of the bunch and who's selling it), from fried beetles to waterbugs. But the Big Mac of bugs has to be grasshoppers, which taste a bit like shrimp. Would you like fries...
...MALAYSIA, THAILAND Malaysians and Thais wanting to visit Stateside are being fingerprinted and photographed before they can pass through U.S. immigration. Visitors from Japan, Singapore and many European countries are exempt. For the full list, go to travel.state.gov/vwp.html#2.
BRIEFS A4 Nike in Thailand; woe for the COO; women get tough; more flights to Europe...