On July 1, Myanmar’s state newspapers reported the first confirmed case of swine flu in the country, a teenage girl who had come from Singapore. According to the news, she had been isolated at the general hospital and was getting better. Persons who had been in contact with her had also been quarantined.
The story resembled [...]
Swine flu comes between Myanmar journalists
July 7th, 2009 by Square Table, Guest Contributor · 2 Comments
Tags: Burma · Square Table
Thailand’s PAD tries a “New Politics Party”
July 7th, 2009 by Michael H. Nelson, Guest Contributor · Add a Comment
Since the time the People’s Alliance for Democracy started pushing its idea of “new politics,” the practical political question has been how to realize it. At the beginning, they had their protests at and around Government House and could thus impose the issue on the public agenda. However, the topic had already disappeared some weeks [...]
Where’s Vajiralongkorn?
July 7th, 2009 by Andrew Walker · 17 Comments
Lately there has been some on-line speculation about the whereabouts of Thailand’s favourite prince. Well, it seems that he has finally shown up, at a Boy Scout event. This is a little inconvenient for New Mandala, as we were just about to launch a new entertainment feature. But, what the heck, we will run it [...]
Tags: Royal family · Sufficiency Economy · Thailand