Journalist & photographer
BANGKOK -- During cross-examination by Chiranuch's lawyers, Thanit Prapathanan, a legal adviser to Thailand's Ministry for Information and Communications Technology, said that even if a webmaster took down messages that…
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3009&Itemid=185 Recent court decisions in Thailand could reduce political tensions, but there are other complicating factors that could make for a tense election year. BANGKOK – The release on bail…
A thousand year old temple on the Thailand-Cambodia border is in the firing line as soldiers from both countries square-off over a tiny, disputed patch of land around the building.…
http://www.smh.com.au/world/changes-to-thai-electoral-rules-may-help-pms-side-20110218-1azlm.html Simon Roughneen in BANGKOK – Nine months after the Siege of Bangkok, Thailand continues to struggle with competing colour-coded political factions, against a backdrop of court-endorsed controls on freedom…
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=20761 BANGKOK—The anniversary of the Feb. 12, 1947 Panglong Agreement is focusing some minds on the prospects of reform in Burma, days after the meeting of the new Parliament and…
http://irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=20749 BANGKOK – While speculation continues about the real reasons for last week’s arrest of Australian Ross Dunkley in Rangoon, the detention of the media entrepreneur could influence the ongoing…
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=20742 BANGKOK — Maung Thura, known and loved throughout Burma as Zarganar, was jailed in 2008 for 35 years after criticizing the government’s response to Cyclone Nargis, which left at…
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked for a U.N. ‘buffer zone’ at the disputed 11th century temple where fighting is in its fourth day and at least five people…
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=20683 BANGKOK – Tuesday is Day Two in the trial of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, in what is being described as a landmark case for freedom of expression in Thailand. Ms Chiranuch,…
DUBLIN -- Irish political punditry has long been something of an echo-chamber, so it was not much of a surprise when a tired default acronym got another airing over the…