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...said a leader of Thailand's anti-government protest movement, the "final battle." On one side, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), a hodgepodge group of demonstrators that has occupied Government House, Thailand's seat of power, since late August, forcing newly elected Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat to work out of the VIP lounge of Bangkok's old airport. Pitted against the PAD are those associated with former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a military coup in 2006. On the evening of Oct. 6, members of the PAD swarmed the streets around parliament in what they...
PHUKET Hotel Unwind along a secluded stretch of Thailand's Mai Khao Beach at the new Anantara Resort & Spa, designed by famed architect and landscape artist Bill Bensley...
...opposite at other schools,” she said, adding that it was unfortunate because the IHP only offers semester programs. Other tables advertised cultural immersion exchanges, such as the Kawamura Fellowship, which offers a fully sponsored five-week trip to Japan, South Korea and Thailand, promoting international exchange. “It’s kind of hard for students to believe that this sort of program exists,” said Austin Oehlerking, representing the fellowship. “They think there’s a catch...
Three decades ago, before they knew each other, Panja S. Lymswam and Khemachat Kordsomboon emigrated from Thailand to the United States. Since that time, the two have spent the greater part of their time here sharing the food of their homeland with Americans and Harvard students. After having set up three successful eateries in 14 years, the people behind square restaurants Spice Thai Cuisine and 9Tastes—composed of Thai immigrant friends and family members of the two men—are about to open a new restaurant called Shabu Square, which will come to 97 Winthrop Street...
...Nobel Peace Prize winner who is in her 13th year of house arrest for leading Burma's ongoing pro-democracy movement. The generals believed he "was my puppet master," Suu Kyi once wrote of Win Tin. Bo Kyi Win of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners in Burma, a Thailand-based exile group, said, "They kept him so long because they were afraid...