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...Thailand, being from the right family too often counts for more than being right. The scions of privileged military and business families have sometimes literally gotten away with murder. There are scantrepercussions when a well-to-do ne'er-do-well has a few too many drinks and throws a few too many punches, even when some unlucky Thai ends up dead. But now the Thai public, long resigned to police corruption and military imperiousness, is scandalized by the latest case of a rich kid going...
...youngest of the brothers, had his party restrain Suvichai Rodwimud, a police officer awarded Crimebuster of the Year honors, as he executed him with a bullet to the head. Now Duangchalerm, a 20-year-old lieutenant attached to the army's Supreme Command until his ouster last week, is Thailand's most wanted man. But after three weeks, the suspect has yet to be found, and the skeptical Thai public is wondering if this is yet another case of selective law enforcement. "The public is watching this case to see if there is any justice in our society," says Senator...
...gravy boat to a foreign clime. Their talk is not polemical, deep or even outrageously funny. It's just comfy, lively chat, the kind you'd expect from sisters whose lives are quite different--a single career woman, a divorce, a wife who has followed her husband to Thailand and dials into the conversation via a satellite uplink (hence the name)--and yet who share an effortless, chip-proof familiarity. Perhaps because there are so many women, and quite a few men, who can identify with at least one of them, Satellite Sisters has become a surprise hit, currently airing...
...Asia. But following the attacks, tens of thousands canceled trips to South Korea, where 48% of guests come from Japan. Traffic to Seoul is now recovering, but not to more distant, less stable countries like Cambodia and Nepal. A Thai research company says the terrorist attacks will cost Thailand $224 million this year. Australian hotels are estimating a loss of $101.5 million...
...enthusiasm for study abroad comes at the same time as a severe housing shortage. Indeed, Lewis noted to council members that “the best overflow housing is in Budapest and Thailand.” Encouraging more students to study abroad naturally means that fewer students will live on campus each year. But Lewis and other administrators are right to recognize that the current housing crunch should not be the primary motive behind the push to improve study abroad. Regardless of the housing situation, we feel that study in a foreign culture is in itself good for a student?...