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HEALTH: Thai Authorities Have Marlboro Man Fuming
Thailand's public health policies have got the Marlboro Man shivering in his pants.LABOUR-THAILAND: Children Roped into Drug Trade as Couriers
The children in the narrow passages that criss-cross Klong Toey, the largest slum in the Thai capital, may appear at first glance to be indulging in innocent pursuits -- walking to meet a friend or dashing from a barking dog./CORRECTED REPEAT/BURMA: Suu Kyi Wins Freedom, But Democratic Change Another Hurdle
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's release Monday from 19 months of house arrest breaks the political deadlock between her and the military junta, but its real impact in prodding the country down the road to democracy remains up in the air.BURMA: Suu Kyi Wins Freedom, But Democratic Change Another Hurdle
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's release Monday from 19 months of house arrest breaks the political deadlock between her and the military junta, but its real impact in prodding the country down the road to democracy remains up in the air.BURMA: Suu Kyi’s Release Comes after at Times Conflicting Clues
Former Kremlinologists may feel an air of familiarity at the scrutiny that Burma's ruling military junta has been under in the past two weeks, ahead of its lifting Monday of restrictions on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi./MAY DAY/LABOUR-ASIA: Chinese Competition to Drive Wages Down, Workers Worry
The Thai government fears that China will draw away much-needed foreign investments from the country, but Thai workers have another worry -- that Chinese competition would pull local wages down further.HEALTH: HIV-positive Africans to Get Dose of Thai Help
Her work in pushing Thailand to make affordable drugs has made her a heroine for activists here, but now Dr Krisana Kraisintu has set her sights across the seas - to share this technology with African countries similarly affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.ECONOMY-EAST ASIA: Financial Health Key to Full Recovery
Unless East Asian countries step up efforts to restore the health of their financial systems, they will find it increasingly difficult to stabilise their economies, recover growth levels achieved during boom times and sustain that growth, regional experts here say.EAST ASIA: Region’s Poor Shortchanged by Trade Rules – Activists
East Asia's farmers, fishermen and women workers are being shortchanged by trade policies that offer few real opportunities to get out of poverty, activists with the international development agency Oxfam here say.RIGHTS-VIETNAM: More Montagnards Repressed in Past Year – Report
The Vietnamese government has been stepping up its "persecution" and "repression" of the Montagnards, ethnic minorities living in the country's central highlands, according to a report released Tuesday by the New York-based independent rights lobby Human Rights Watch.THAILAND: Healthy Response Underway for Cheapest Anti-AIDS Drug
Since the start of this month, a state-run pharmacy in northern Bangkok has been witnessing a two-fold increase in the number of patients seeking anti-HIV drugs.ASIA: Tamil Tigers Have Tough Lessons to Learn from East Timor
Sri Lankan Tamils have every reason to feel envious of the East Timorese: While the Timorese are savouring their journey to independence on May 20, the Tamils are a many more miles away from such a historic juncture.THAILAND: Changes along Mekong River Wash Away Tradition, Jobs
At this time of the year, the stretch of the Mekong River that flows past this rural township in northern Thailand should be alive with the fishermen preparing to net the highly-prized Mekong giant catfish.THAILAND: Hill Tribes Important as a Commodity, Not as People
Ayo risks being arrested if he leaves his village, nestled in the gentle slopes along Thailand's hilly northern border, for a visit south, say to the capital Bangkok./REPEAT/DEVELOPMENT-ASIA: Neighbours Follow Thailand’s Dam Examples
In a rush to emulate Thailand's model of building dams in the name of development, countries that share the Mekong River are turning a deaf ear to the social and environmental havoc such dams have wrought, say experts./REPEAT/DEVELOPMENT-ASIA: Neighbours Follow Thailand’s Dam Examples
In a rush to emulate Thailand's model of building dams in the name of development, countries that share the Mekong River are turning a deaf ear to the social and environmental havoc such dams have wrought, say experts.POLITICS-SRI LANKA: This Time, Peace Talks are More Promising
The first round of face-to-face peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers, due to start in Thailand early May, will be distinct from the previous peace talks for a key reason: the absence of an agenda for a political solution./CORRECTED REPEAT/INDONESIA: Military Marching to Old Tune in Aceh – Analysts
While on paper the Indonesian armed forces have stepped in line with the country's political reforms since strongman Suharto's ouster in 1998, the ground reality in the recent months suggests otherwise.INDONESIA: Military Marching to Old Tune in Aceh – Analysts
While on paper the Indonesian armed forces have stepped in line with the country's political reforms since strongman Suharto's ouster in 1998, the ground reality in the recent months suggests otherwise.THAILAND: Parliament to Look into Controversial Wastewater Plant
Thai parliamentarians from across the political spectrum have promised community activists that they would launch an inquiry early April to investigate the glaring shortcomings in a wastewater treatment project near the Gulf of Thailand.THAILAND: Rural Poor Have Second Thoughts about Premier
Boonsan Jitjan has gone through a political transformation over the last 14 months. Once an avid supporter of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, she has now joined the rural poor in its growing chorus taking him to task.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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