Mong bang mum khong withi chiwit “maeying lao” phan mummong khong “maeying lao” (Aspects of Lao women’s lives, through their own eyes) (2007) by “Nang Thaenkhun” (ISBN: 9789746722711). The book is a welcome contribution on a neglected topic: a study of family law, with special emphasis on divorce law, in Laos. The author is concerned [...]
Family law in Laos
June 24th, 2008 by Book Zone, Guest Contributor · Add a Comment
Tags: Book Zone · Focus on Laos · Laos · Publications
Deported from Burma with a “big star”
June 24th, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · Add a Comment
I was [later] taken to the immigration office at the airport and on my passport they stamped “Deportee” and a big star. And the special branch guy, took a lot of photographs of me from various directions…
- Statement by Korean freelance journalist, Lee Yu Kyong, who was deported from Burma on Sunday, according to a report [...]
Tags: Burma · Cyclone Nargis · Trans-Border Issues
Hippy, hippy shake
June 24th, 2008 by Nicholas Farrelly · 1 Comment
Courtesy of Bangkpok Pundit I learned of a new political party taking to the streets of Bangkok. The Pundit has this post in his “light relief” category (alongside, I noticed, a brief piece about Big Brother UK’s Thai housemate). Hippy politics in Bangkok? A cookie addict in Hertfordshire? Crazy times.
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