New Mandala

Some time ago the Thai government announced its intention to despatch a public relations team “aimed at informing people in other countries of the political situation in Thailand after the coup.” The Nation reported on this “PR mission” in April 2007:
PM’s Office Minister Theerapat Serirangsan … who chairs a special panel on public relations in [...]

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The very detailed website of the Naga International Support Center has recently come to my attention.  It is based in The Netherlands. 
According to its introduction it “has been set up to focus attention on a very real but forgotten conflict” in what they call “Nagalim”.  ”Nagalim” is the territory in eastern India and northern Burma that is claimed by [...]

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This post is part of New Mandala’s month-long feature on Thailand’s 2007 constitution referendum.
 
In my previous post, I briefly reported on a provincial representative of the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) giving a five-minute talk on the constitution at the monthly meeting of sections chiefs, kamnan, village headmen, and local governments at Bang Khla district. Almost all [...]

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