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Tag: Kasit Piromya

US cables show taboos in Thailand-Burma relations – The Irrawaddy

http://irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=21720 BANGKOK—More recently-released US diplomatic cables have shed light on Thailand’s relationship with Burma as perceived by American officials...
Posted on 19 July 2011 by Simon | Read More... Burma, Reporting from Thailand, Thailand, The Irrawaddy, USA

Bout may sue Hollywood, wife hints at Thaksin deal – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=20146 Wife of alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout says that legal action is possible against those who have damaged her...
Posted on 22 November 2010 by Simon | Read More... Eurasia/Russia, Legal & Rights, Reporting from Thailand, Thailand, The Irrawaddy, USA

Thailand Again Bars Vietnamese Activist – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=19740 One year after the creation of the Asean Intergovernmental Human Rights Commission, Thailand has drawn fire by again...
Posted on 15 October 2010 by Simon | Read More... Burma, Legal & Rights, Reporting from Thailand, Thailand, The Irrawaddy, Vietnam

Thailand to Send Refugees and Opposition Back to Burma? – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=19612 Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya is working on a plan to repatriate Burmese refugees and intellectuals after the...
Posted on 2 October 2010 by Simon | Read More... Aid, Relief, Disasters, Burma, Legal & Rights, Politics & Government, Reporting from Thailand, Thailand, The Irrawaddy

New US Law Could Force PTTEP Disclosure – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=19110 As Thailand’s national petroleum and exploration company PTTEP inks a new deal to acquire gas from the M9...
Posted on 31 July 2010 by Simon | Read More... Burma, Business & Economics, Environment, Energy & Resources, Legal & Rights, Thailand, The Irrawaddy, USA

Mantras, Misperceptions and Mutual Acrimony in Thai MP Debate – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18602 BANGKOK — Despite a comfortable margin of victory in a parliamentary no-confidence vote held on Wednedsay, Thailand’s Prime...
Posted on 2 June 2010 by Simon | Read More... Politics & Government, Reporting from Thailand, Thailand, The Irrawaddy

Surin Downplays Fallout from Thai-Cambodian Dispute – The Irrawaddy

http://irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17206 The Asean secretary-general says the ongoing row between Cambodia and Thailand will not affect summit with the US....
Posted on 13 November 2009 by Simon | Read More... Cambodia, Politics & Government, Reporting from Thailand, Singapore, Thailand, The Irrawaddy

As ASEAN dithers, the US circles – Asia Times

http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KJ28Ae01.html The rhetoric used at the latest summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations risks generating false expectations...
Posted on 27 October 2009 by Simon | Read More... Asia Times, Business & Economics, East Asia, Politics & Government, South East Asia, USA

Suu Kyi’s House Arrest could be Relaxed: Burmese PM – The Irrawaddy

http://irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17059 By WAI MOE AND SIMON ROUGHNEEN CHA-AM, Thailand — The Burmese military government will consider relaxing Aung San...
Posted on 24 October 2009 by Simon | Read More... Burma, Japan, Politics & Government, Thailand, The Irrawaddy
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