New Mandala

In the run-up to May 3 each year there are always reports and analyses that highlight the “freedom” (or otherwise) of the media in countries around the world.  Many are based on the most comprehensive annual effort to rank media “freedom” which is supported by US-based Freedom House.  The methodology for their study is available here. �
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New Mandala readers will be interested in this forthcoming event. It puts six relatively big-name speakers on the one bill. This is another evening that will be worth some New Mandala coverage.
The SOAS Students Union Thai Society have asked to publicise the following event. Inquiries about this event should be addressed to [...]

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An interesting looking seminar later today at the Asia Foundation in San Francisco. Reports on the seminar from New Mandala readers would be very welcome.  Here is the notice I received. It seems that somebody knows what most Thai citizens thought about the coup!
On September 19, 2006, military leaders in Thailand staged a bloodless coup to overthrow [...]

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My next posts in the “Yunnan Fringe” series will provide information and analysis on a Manau festival that was held in far western Yunnan, within sight of Burma, in March 2007.  Some of these posts will focus on what goes on around the periphery of a Manau, in the areas where most people never point their cameras or focus [...]

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