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...with a well-timed kick? Until recently, learning Muay Thai, or Thai kickboxing, in its country of origin has been a strictly no-frills affair-think tin-roofed pavilions with old equipment and nary an electric fan in sight. But looking to tap into Muay Thai's increasing popularity, Thailand's top boxing promoter, Songchai Ratanasuban, has opened the One Songchai Institute of Muay Thai, tel: (66-2) 618 5314, a school attached to the new Bangkok Boxing Stadium. Courses are offered at a range of levels. Curious newcomers can attend ringside lessons (from $45) that involve light sparring with...
...survey done by Freedom House in 2000. During Thaksin's reign until the Sept. 19 coup, the Thai press fell to 107th last year. Similar conclusions can be found on indexes and reports by the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders. Thaksin constantly interfered with Thailand's printed and broadcast media using advertising revenues and stock acquisitions as key strategies. He shut down community radio, websites and TV programs critical of him. Political power was used to intimidate the media, particularly the broadcast media, which are largely owned by the state. Management of these outlets came under tremendous...
...former deputy prime minister of Thailand is arriving today as a senior fellow at the International Security Program at the Kennedy School of Government’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, a Kennedy School spokeswoman said late last week. Surakiart Sathirathai will also be a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School’s European Law Research Center, according to spokesman Michael A. Armini, who added that Sathirathai will not have a teaching appointment. Sathirathai received a master’s degree from the Law School in 1982 and became the first Thai person to earn...
Tackling the refugee crisis may be the Bush Administration's best chance to repair some of the damage to U.S. prestige caused by the Iraq war. After the fall of Saigon, Congress bucked public opinion and embraced its obligation to Indochinese asylum seekers, using refugee aid to countries like Thailand and Laos to build relationships and counter the spread of communism...
...TIME: The previous government would not negotiate with the insurgents in Thailand's south, preferring a military solution. You have adopted a more conciliatory approach. Yet violence persists. Why? SONTHI: With 99% of the population down south, we are trying to instill a sense of patriotism, a love of country and of monarch. The remaining 1% are the perpetrators. Our troops are seeking out these groups; we will try to bring them in using a political approach, a soft approach. But if that fails, then we will use another...