Thailand is still embroiled in the fallout from the 2006 palace-backed coup against the elected government of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thailand’s political and economic future is now wrapped up in the succession once the crown passes from the hands of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, and that may take years to resolve.
- Extracted from Jonathan [...]
Thailand compared with the neighbours
April 2nd, 2009 by Nicholas Farrelly · 1 Comment
Tags: Indonesia · Malaysia · Thailand · Trans-Border Issues
Burmese crime magazines
April 2nd, 2009 by Book Zone, Guest Contributor · 3 Comments
Beginning in March 2009, the National Library of Australia is now collecting Myanmar crime magazines. Pyit-hmu (Crime Magazine) and Shu-htaunt Hmu-hkin (Crime and News Journal) are two new Burmese-language subscriptions. Shu-htaunt Hmu-hkin is a weekly journal that consists of news on recent criminal cases in Myanmar, including murder, rape, assault, robbery, theft, forgery, fraud and [...]
Tags: Book Zone · Burma · Publications