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Tag: south east asia

What the GDP numbers hide – The Edge Review

Xanana Gusmao speaks to supporters after winning 2012 election in East Timor (Photo: Simon Roughneen)

JAKARTA – Launching a new website to promote tourism in East Timor, the founders of VisitEastTimor.com were right on both counts when they said “the people of Timor are just marvelous and love to welcome foreigners ­since they don’t get that many that often.”

Posted on 3 September 2014 by Simon | Read More... Business & Economics, East Timor, The Edge Review

US’s Burma Policy Seems to be Floundering- The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/opinion_story.php?art_id=19039 Despite the US Senate vote to renew sanctions, America’s Burma policy seems to be floundering as Washington tries...
Posted on 23 July 2010 by Simon | Read More... Burma, Politics & Government, The Irrawaddy, USA

No textual healing for Thailand – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=119092 Two months after Thailand’s army routed the anti-Government redshirt protest movement from central Bangkok, sixteen provinces including Bangkok...
Posted on 21 July 2010 by Simon | Read More... ISN Security Watch, Legal & Rights, Politics & Government, Reporting from Thailand, Thailand

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

Thailand’s Mexican stand-off – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=18275 Feature – As soldiers and riot police gather near the main red shirt rally stage, fears grow of...
Posted on 19 April 2010 by Simon | Read More... Politics & Government, Reporting from Thailand, Security & Defence, Thailand, The Irrawaddy

Burma’s Election (f)Laws – ISN

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=113635 Burma’s new election rules vindicate the Cassandras who warned that the 2010 polls would be little more than...
Posted on 11 March 2010 by Simon | Read More... Burma, ISN Security Watch, Legal & Rights, Politics & Government

Quintana recommends war crimes commission on Burma – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=18013 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, has recommended that the UN...
Posted on 11 March 2010 by Simon | Read More... Burma, Legal & Rights, Politics & Government, The Irrawaddy

Ramos-Horta Launches Burma Petition – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17987 Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta has launched a worldwide petition for democracy in Burma, which also calls for the...
Posted on 9 March 2010 by Simon | Read More... Burma, East Timor, Politics & Government, The Irrawaddy

Judgment Day in Thailand – ISN/The Irrawaddy

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=113108 http://www.irrawaddy.org/highlight.php?art_id=17892 Politically troubled Thailand faces “Judgment Day” on Friday when the country’s Supreme Court rules on what to...
Posted on 25 February 2010 by Simon | Read More... ISN Security Watch, Politics & Government, Thailand, The Irrawaddy

Bangladesh Pressures Rohingya after EU Visit – The Irrawaddy

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17867 The Bangladesh authorities have renewed arrests and pushback of Rohingya refugees in the days following the departure of...
Posted on 22 February 2010 by Simon | Read More... Bangladesh, Burma, Politics & Government, The Irrawaddy
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