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...associate purring BMWs with German efficiency, racy Ferraris with Italian passion, and big, loud SUVS with big, loud Americans. Like Thailand, the tuk tuk is noisy, smoky and sometimes dangerous. Like some of the kingdom's politicians, it's prone to sudden, inexplicable changes of direction. And like the Thai economy, it needs a lot of tinkering and sometimes its wheels fall off completely...
...Kennedy puts the CIA in charge of all paramilitary operations in Vietnam. In neighboring Laos, the agency builds an army of 47,000 Meo tribesmen, Laotians and Thai mercenaries...
...spark was lit when several Cambodian newspapers misquoted Thai TV soap star Suvanant Kongying as saying Cambodians were "like worms" and that she would only visit the country if Angkor Wat were returned to Thailand. Built between the 9th and 13th centuries, Angkor Wat is the heart of Khmer culture and identity?and a persistent snarling point between the two countries. That the temple complex has come under Thai control three times since the 15th century, most recently during World War II, riles Cambodians. To this day, they claim, Thais still covet the temple. Thais, for their part, take umbrage...
...most immediate casualty is bilateral links. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra downgraded diplomatic ties and closed border checkpoints. He fired off a memorandum to Hun Sen demanding an apology, compensation and the arrest of those responsible for the violence, and he put on hold plans to sign a $13.3 million soft loan for a road project in Cambodia. He told reporters, "We have been badly hurt...
...stung worse. Only lately has the long-suffering nation achieved a measure of stability. Now its international image is again tarnished and its hopes of a tourism-led economic revival dashed. Hun Sen has hastily assembled three committees to repair relations with Thailand, evaluate the damage done to the Thai embassy and estimate the financial losses of the Thai population living in Cambodia. He has also started rounding up "extremists," and his chief spokesman, Khieu Kanharith, has apologized for the government's inability to contain the riots. "We didn't think it would become anarchy," says Khieu. When...