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...coast. At first glance, it is an innocuous family snap of Jenkins with his wife Hitomi Soga and their first daughter Mika during a rare trip to the beach. But at the left of the frame, another sunbather is visible. Jenkins has identified the woman as Anocha Panjoy, a Thai citizen he says was abducted by North Korea in 1978. If true, it would represent the first verified case of state kidnapping by North Korea of someone from a country other than Japan or South Korea. In the book, Jenkins says Panjoy told him two other women were kidnapped along...
...Mather House resident, has discovered a way to satisfy her food cravings without succumbing to the dull dining hall dinners. Her plan: to crash all of the House Master’s Open Houses on campus and discover which one is truly the best alternative to Peanut Pad Thai and Country Fried Steak. So far her mission is still in progress. “I’m planning on going to every Master’s Open House this semester but am far from the goal,” she said...
...Human Rights Watch, which has tracked flight routes for a Boeing 737 the CIA has used to transport prisoners, says agency detention facilities have probably been in Poland and Romania, staunch U.S. allies in the Iraq war. Officials from both countries have denied holding CIA prisoners, as have Thai authorities...
...didn't work out that way. Arriving in the Thai town of Mae Sot, she and her fellow clinicians learned that their skills were sorely needed there. Thousands of activists had also fled through the jungle, many staggering into Thailand sick with malaria. To care for them, she set up a makeshift clinic in a nearby barn. As the trickle of evacuees turned into a flood, many of the expats arriving in Thailand headed straight for the clinic...
Maung, overwhelmed by patients, became equal parts caregiver and administrator. She began raising funds from international refugee organizations, Karen communities in Thailand, religious groups and other Thai charities. She recruited volunteers, taught them front-line medical care and expanded the clinic's services to include HIV testing, maternal care, vaccinations, infectious-disease treatment and more. With the junta tightening its hold, she settled in for a long stay...