New Mandala

To honour the twentieth anniversary of the August 1988 uprising in Burma The Irrawaddy is, as one would expect, releasing a special edition.   It should be well worth a close read.  In the meantime, The Telegraph reports that:
The regime appears determined to stop any attempt to mark the date, which with four eights – 8.8.88 – is of [...]

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For those of you who haven’t seen it, Suthichai Yoon has some blog reflections on his interview with United States President George W. Bush.  It was done in preparation for the President’s upcoming trip to Thailand.  The full transcript of the interview is available here.

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