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A Million Red Shirt Rally, Ruse or Reality
It is claimed by the UDD that more than one million red-shirts will surely take part in a mass assembly aimed at bringing down the current government, United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) leader Jatuporn Promphan asserted on Tuesday.
Talking to reporters following a UDD meeting, Mr Jatuporn [...]

Thaksin’s Two Billion Dollars
The total of 76 billion baht in frozen assets of ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra could be confiscated as the court is being demanded to do so by Thaksin’s adversaries, Jaturon Chaisaeng, former acting head of the dissolved Thai Rak Thai Party, announced on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Jaturon asserted that the court [...]

Karen Refugees Deportation Halted
The plan to deport about 1,700 Karen refugees back to Burma has been halted temporarily because of mounting domestic and global pressure.
Activists, led by the Friends of Burma and the Karen Women’s Organization (KWO), yesterday put forward a letter of request to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva subsequent to an earlier call seeking [...]

Burmese Refugee Boy Achieves Origami Fame
Mong Thongdee, a young boy whose family are refugees from Burma, has taken 3rd place in an Origami paper airplane flying contest in Japan. He is scheduled to return home to Chiang Rai on Monday.
The paper plane he constructed flew for 10.53 seconds. The following day, Mong was on [...]

Queen Elizabeth, Bill Gates and Hollywood donate to Burma Cyclone Victims, but the U.N. says government donations are short of needed aid in Burma for relief victims.
Queen Elizabeth II and Harry Potter author Rowling both contributed an ‘undisclosed sum’ to Myanmar relief. In the USA, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $3 billion [...]

ASC wants Thaksin’s assets seized
The Assets Scrutiny Committee (ASC) went after Thaksin with yet another case against X-PM Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday, charging the X-PM with corruption and abuse-of-power and asked the Supreme Court to permanently seize all 76+ billion baht it has frozen from him and the Shinawatra family. The ASC charges need a [...]

His Majesty Requests Thais to help Burma
His Majesty the King has asked the Thai people to help Cyclone Nargis sufferers in Burma, and Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej will leave for the adjoining country this morning to persuade the junta to open up to global support. Speaking to staff of the Rajaprajanugroh Foundation under royal sponsorship, [...]

Burmese prisoners killed by Police and Soldiers in Rangoon after cyclone hits Burma
Soldiers and police executed political prisoners at Insein Prison in Rangoon in the capital of Burma. The inmates there rioting, a total of 36 prisoners were shot dead and 70 injured at the infamous Burmese prison moments after Cyclone Nargis hit the shores [...]

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Long Neck Women Sick of Gawkers
Mae Hong Son province in northern Thailand is home to a group of people who are refugees from oppressive conditions in Burma. They are often referred to as ‘Longnecks’ because of the many brass rings worn around the necks of the women which cause them to appear to [...]