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They should also have new markets to explore in Asia, where they are better positioned for expansion than their Western competitors. Japanese carmakers are already dueling in Thailand, one of the fastest-growing Asian markets, and are eagerly awaiting a rise in living standards in other countries that should launch a major auto-buying spree. Thailand's market may be only a fraction of the size of the U.S.'s, but it offers a taste of things to come in some Southeast and West Asian countries -- and someday China and India. Yasuhara Kondo's showroom may not enjoy another boom...
Western diplomats believed that the process would wither the Khmer Rouge's power. What they failed to predict was the communists' ability to finance their own arms purchases from the sale of timber and gems in areas they control along the border with Thailand, which with Thai assistance they have savagely pillaged at great cost to the environment. The U.N. Security Council has imposed sanctions on the Khmer Rouge, to little avail...
...intransigence is clearly visible in Kompong Thom province, on the northeastern shore of the Great Lake, one of the most tense regions in the country. Last July three U.N. military observers were based in the village of Kraya, where the Khmer Rouge were infiltrating men and supplies down from Thailand. The local Khmer Rouge commander, General Men Ron, told the observers to "get out or I will kill you." The three men were withdrawn and did not return to Kraya until the end of September. Since then, Men Ron has refused to discuss any problems with them, always answering, "There...
...most visionary of the new wave is Sealhenry Samuel, a.k.a. Seal. The London native, whose parents are Brazilian and Nigerian, took a year-long solo spiritual journey through Nepal, India and Thailand before returning to London on a tail wind of inspiration. Last year Seal, 29, released a namesake album intermingling soul, rock and blues hooks into a strikingly fresh hybrid. He also introduced a novel instrument in soul circles: a solo acoustic guitar, which vividly sets off his yearning, crackling voice. With its shifting rhythms and varied sonic textures, Seal shows that soul can accommodate unorthodox structures...
...Navaraj, Locke Ober, Winter Pl. "I'm going to my mother-in-law's house where she'll make smoked codfish and potatoes--she's from Portugal, I'm from Thailand. We don't eat turkey...