| A Proposal to Khin Nyunt |
Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid must race against time to prevent centrifugal forces from pulling his country to pieces. |
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A year after its inception, Malaysiakini is struggling to establish the facts that have been trampled over by the country’s state-run media and the mainstream regional press. |
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Thailand’s CEO-like Prime Minister is having a hard time getting relations with Burma back to business as usual. |
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Ne Win, the mastermind behind Burma’s decline as a modern nation, has emerged from the shadows for the first time this century. |
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Burma’s booming garment industry is helping to launder illicit profits, as well as providing as an excellent cover for drug exports. |
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Thai politicians and former generals are in money trouble again. Recently, the wealth of Gen Sunthorn Kongsompong, leader of a coup against the Chatichai Choonhavan government in 1991, has come under renewed scrutiny with the discovery that the former general’s estate could be worth as much as 6 billion baht (US $136 million). |
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The descent of the Celestial King during the Burmese New Year has been eclipsed by the ambitions of generals who believe they will be rewarded for their deeds here on Earth. |
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