For the past 12 days I’ve been out of email and internet contact. A very pleasant break! Today I’ve been trying to catch up on some of the stories coming of Thailand. I’ll be posting on some of them over the next few days.
First, the by-elections.
From my quick analysis there are two main messages coming [...]
Thoughts on the by-elections
January 18th, 2009 by Andrew Walker · 3 Comments
Tags: Abhisit · Election Watch · PAD · Thailand
Political prisoners in Burma
January 18th, 2009 by Nicholas Farrelly · Add a Comment
Thomas Fuller has a very good article about political prisoners in Burma in The New York Times. Readers keen to find out more about conditions for those targeted by the government will find it useful. The article recognises the excellent work of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma).
Tags: Burma
Kachin Manau in Myitkyina
January 18th, 2009 by Nicholas Farrelly · 1 Comment
This year I didn’t make it to Myitkyina for the annual Kachin State Day Manau held in the week around 10 January. I was there last year and readers interested in some of my pictures (and thoughts) from then can find them here.
I have, however, been following the coverage of this year’s event online. The Kachin News [...]
Tags: Burma · Manau · Trans-Border Issues