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Supalak Ganjanakhundee keeps you updated all about the Mekong basin
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Monday , August 27 , 2007
It’s just a beginning
Posted by supalak , Reader : 588 , 11:31:41   | Category : Burma  
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As a snowball just begins rolling downhill, we should not rush to predict anything about situation in Burma over the on-going protest against fuel price hikes.            Experts on Burmese affairs know very well that economic hardship could trigger mass uprising and political turmoil to topple the military junta as it happened in 1988. The uprising to topple dictator Ne Win was the result of economi....


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Friday , August 17 , 2007
Lao spokesman speaks on Hmong repatriation
Posted by supalak , Reader : 2632 , 10:11:23   | Category : Laos   Thailand  
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Listen to Yong Chanthalangsy speaks (in Lao language) on Hmong refugees who would be repatriated from Thailand's Phetchabun province.Laos Thursday rejected an idea suggested by Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont to have a "third party" monitor the repatriation of more than 7,500 Hmong refugees.Lao spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy said a joint subcommittee of border security officials would discus....


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Saturday , August 11 , 2007
rhythm of luang prabang
Posted by supalak , Reader : 621 , 23:32:34   | Category : Laos  
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Rhythm of Luang Prabang, known locally as "kub thum luang prabang", is a classical rhythm in the ancient capital city of Laung Prabang. Manay Thai songs were composed by using this rhythm.....


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Thursday , August 9 , 2007
UN spells out wider policy to engage Burma
Posted by supalak , Reader : 375 , 14:49:22   | Category : Burma  
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The United Nations' new comprehensive approach to engage Burma was expected to yield concrete results for democracy and national reconciliation in the military-ruled country.Ibrahim Gambari, the UN's special adviser on Burma to the secretary-general, in Southeast Asia this week to compare notes and vilews with regional leaders how to engage the junta to install democracy in Burma.Listen to what he ta....


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Tuesday , August 7 , 2007
Some similarities in military-ruled Thailand and Burma
Posted by supalak , Reader : 498 , 17:59:56   | Category : Burma   Thailand  
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Many senior academics and journalists resist to compare Thailand and Burma after the September 19 coup as they claim that Thai coup is better than Burmese coup.For me, coup is merely a military mean to overthrow the government which soldiers don’t link. Nothing could justify the coup. Some argue and might raise "corruption by politician" to justify military action. I disagree. Corruption is....


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