One of Myanmar?s biggest businesses ? heroin and methamphetamine manufacturing ? is thriving near the Thai border, led by members of well-armed minority ethnic groups.
Ampon Tangnoppakul, 61, was sentenced in November to 20 years for sending text messages insulting Thailand?s monarchy.
Hundreds of Burmese dissidents living abroad, at one time important liaisons between Myanmar and the outside world, are facing obsolescence now that the government of Myanmar is earning plaudits for its program of reforms. Photos, Map (M)y
The global Burmese-dissident industry may soon be out of business. Funding for seminars is drying up, and foreign diplomats would rather fly into Myanmar than have lunch with exiled dissidents.
The criminal inquiry into a suspected Iranian plot targeting Israelis overseas with magnetized bombs expanded on Thursday, with police in Thailand and investigators in India getting involved.
Bombs discovered in Bangkok were similar to devices used this week against Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia, Israel?s ambassador to Thailand said on Wednesday.
A series of explosions rocked a residential neighborhood on Tuesday, leading Thai authorities to a cache of bombs and the capture of two men identified in Thai media reports as Iranians.
A hospital in central Bangkok makes a point of catering to the specific needs of patients from the Middle East.
Before the floods, Thailand produced much of the world?s hard disk drives, the ubiquitous storage devices of the digital age. It is now clear it will be months before production returns to normal.
A top Bangkok police official said the chemicals were found in a commercial building on the outskirts of Bangkok, allaying fears of a pending attack on Thai soil.
The United States Embassy in Bangkok warned of a possible attack by ?foreign terrorists? against Americans in Thailand. Shortly afterward, the Thai government said it had arrested a Lebanese man.
Pope Benedict XVI, appearing frail and tired, prayed for peace in the Middle East and Horn of Africa in his annual message, ?Urbi et Orbi,? or ?to the city and world,? from St. Peter?s Basilica.
A survey of mobile operators in Europe, Morocco and Thailand found that many provided poor or weak protection from illicit surveillance and identity theft.
The government has intensified its crackdown on criticism of the Thai monarchy, prosecuting a record number of people charged with insulting the royal family.
In the twilight of the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, loyalists are leading a campaign to defend him, and the government has intensified a crackdown on criticism of the monarchy.
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