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Protestations of friendship aside, Thailand and Burma remain fundamentally at odds over key issues. |
We have sent a very clear signal to Burma that the shelling into Burma was launched without the acknowledgement of leaders in Bangkok. |
This speech was delivered by Burmese independence hero Aung San at the Orient Club, Rangoon, on April 17, 1947—three months before his assassination. Aung San founded the Burma Independence Army in Bangkok on Dec 26, 1941. |
A changing balance of power along the Thai-Burma border has forced Thailand to re-think its buffer zone policy. |
Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra’s bid to forge better relations with Burma is failing in the face of renewed tensions along the two countries’ volatile border. |
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Amnesty International has released its annual review of human rights abuses throughout the world for year 2001, and highlighted increased violations in Southeast Asian countries. |
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Burma continues to earn its reputation as the black sheep of the Asean family. |
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Once imprisoned and now blacklisted by the government, the Moustache Brothers’ comedy troupe continues to push the country’s political envelope. |
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