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...most divisive politicians in Thailand's history, the right-wing Samak was often at the center of controversy. In 1976, he was accused of fomenting an atmosphere that led to a massacre of students at Thammasat University by police and right-wing mobs, and in May 1992 he called democracy demonstrators who helped topple a military dictator "communists" and "rioters." Democracy activists branded him one of the country's political "devils." As Prime Minister he praised the military junta in Burma as "good Buddhists" and called Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi a "tool of the West...
...rails against the military and its ouster of Thaksin, he hasn't always been aligned against them. Thai society was deeply polarized between left and right when Indochina fell under communist rule in 1975. On the morning of Oct. 6, 1976, police and right-wing paramilitary mobs invaded Thammasat University, raping, lynching and burning alive scores of students who were demonstrating for greater civil liberties. A few hours later, the military staged a coup. Samak was then appointed interior minister in one of Thailand's most repressive governments. Leftists and students were hunted down and jailed. "I blame him," says...
...northeastern Thais voted against the draft constitution, a rejection not only of the charter but of the generals who ousted the man they still consider their champion. "Bridging this [urban-rural] divide is Abhisit's biggest challenge," says Chaiwat Satha-Anand, a political scientist at Bangkok's Thammasat University. Even Abhisit, who is trying to court farmers with promises of free education and low-cost health care, acknowledges an old Thai proverb: "Rural voters elect governments; urban voters get rid of them...
...Thais: promised dates for the repeal of martial law and fresh elections have yet to be announced, and junta members have come under fire for giving themselves pay raises and top jobs in state companies. "The longer the government shows its indecisiveness, the better it is for Thaksin," says Thammasat University politics professor Somjai Phagaphasvivat. Thaksin's legal adviser, Noppadol Patama, says his client's travels around Asia are not intended to capitalize on the junta's rough start: "There's no political game at all; it's just a holiday." Yes, but it looks more and more like...
...between students from the University and their peers in Asia. The program has nearly doubled in the number of participants in the past year.This year, students from six different nations are visiting from institutions including National Taiwan University, Peking University, National University of Singapore, University of Hong Kong, and Thammasat University of Bangkok, Thailand. Harvard students host the visitors in their dorm rooms, and during spring break those students in turn travel to Asia for a similar cultural experience.For many of the visiting students, this was their first time in the United States. HCAP organizers tried to impart to these...