New Mandala

Here is an article by Ji Ungpakorn that I just received by email: 
The Senate, 6th October , the South and Thai Democracy
Giles Ji Ungpakorn
The tragedy of Thai democracy today is that we have a Prime Minister and Interior Minister who tell bare-faced lies and an opposition, in the shape of the Democrat Party, that supported the [...]

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A regular New Mandala reader has sent me this link to blogger Jeff Ooi:
Popular Malaysian blogger Jeff Ooi running for the Democratic Action Party against UMNO’s Koh Tsu Koon who is presently the Chief Minister of Penang. It will be interesting to see if a non-Malaysian can break the UMNO stranglehold. However, Jeff is in [...]

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Last year’s New Mandala interview with Paul Handley, the author of The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand’s Bhumibol Adulyadej, has been recently translated by Fa Deow Gan.  I expect the translation will be of interest to many readers.

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