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21 hrs ago | Bangkok Post

a Heart for Art

A 43-year-old man dipped his brush into the paint before brushing it on a giant canvas, colouring the unfinished portrait of a monk standing in his Seksilpha Studio of Art in Thabo district of Nong Khai province.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

NationMultimedia.com - Politics

'We switched camps to end deadlock and prevent a coup'

In last week's Sakon Nakhon by-election, the coalition Bhum Jai Thai Party lost to the opposition Pheu Thai Party.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Bangkok Post

Literature of LAOS

Dear readers, can you divulge the names of your favourite foreign authors? How about titles of books you've fallen in love with recently? Samples of Lao works of fiction, a few of which have been translated into Thai over the past decades.

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Related Topix: Arts, Literature, Southeast Asia, World News, Laos, Thailand

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Scoop

Thailand's Forced Return of Hmong to Laos

Friday, 19 June 2009, 1:24 pm Press Release: Center for Public Policy Analysis Center for Public Policy Analysis A major Congressional letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding the Lao Hmong refugee crisis in Thailand and Laos is slated to be sent today by some 25 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Patrick Kennedy, Democrat, Dennis Cardoza, World News, Thailand

Wed May 27, 2009

Bangkok Post

Isan Tries Something New

Kamphan Hongsaen, a Nong Khai native, finished her training for rubber-tapping last week and hopes the new job will bring her greater prosperity.

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Related Topix: World News, Thailand, Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

Fri May 22, 2009

The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine

French Aid Group Stops Work for Hmong Refugees

The only aid agency working at a Hmong refugee camp in Thailand said Wednesday it would stop work there because of policies aimed at pressuring members of the ethnic minority to return to Laos, where they could be persecuted.

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Fri May 15, 2009

The Japan Times

Building trust between contentious brothers

Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya recently announced that Thailand would facilitate resettlement in third countries for 158 Hmong refugees detained in Nong Khai province.

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Related Topix: Thailand, World News, Immigration Reform,

Wed May 13, 2009

NationMultimedia.com - National

Send the Hmong back : Laos

Laos insisted yesterday that 158 Hmong refugees being detained in Nong Khai must be repatriated back to Laos as normal migrants.

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Related Topix: Thailand, World News, Prison

Wed May 06, 2009

NationMultimedia.com - National

Fate of Hmong up to Laos: Kasit

Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya yesterday clarified Thailand's position in regard to Hmong refugees, saying the fate of 158 people from Laos detained at Nong Khai was up to Vientiane.

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Related Topix: Laos, Southeast Asia, World News, Thailand

Sat May 02, 2009

Scoop

Lao Government Continues To Hold Hmong Refugees

Saturday, 2 May 2009, 2:46 pm Press Release: Joe Davy Yesterday, the Lao state-controlled newspaper Vientiane Times quoted the Lao Foreign Ministry spokesman criticizing Thailand for its recent offer to allow 158 UNHCR-recognized Hmong refugees resettlement in third countries.

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Thu Apr 30, 2009

Carl Parkes

Silom Road Video and Chiang Khan Movie Theater

The highly inventive SE Asia Movie Theater project has just come up with a real winner, the old movie theater in Chiang Khan on the banks of the Mekong which has gone out of business but had the sense to remember the past with a small museum.

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Tue Apr 28, 2009

NationMultimedia.com - Lifestyle

The Lancang's shifting mood

On a hilltop, the hosts and crew of the TV series 'Mekong the Untamed' ponder the meaning and the message in the river below Part 4 Vithoon Pungprasert Our team continued apace in northern Yunnan, near the Tibetan border, coming to a mountain summit 3,000 metres above sea level.

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Sun Apr 26, 2009

Huntington News

Resettlement of 158 Hmong Lao Refugees in Thailand Leaves Thousands More in Despair

April 26, 2009 Resettlement of 158 Hmong Lao Refugees in Thailand Leaves Thousands More in Despair Special to Huntingtonnews.net At a press conference last week, Thai Foreign Minsiter Kasit Piromya Kasi made the announcement that 158 Hmong Lao refugees will finally be allowed to resettle in other countries.

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NationMultimedia.com - Opinion

Longer trains could carry more people

When the BTS is already crowded during weekday commuter hours, what will it be like when an estimated hundreds of thousands of passengers start using the BTS after the Thonburi link starts operating? Add to that the dramatic increase when schools open in May.

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Related Topix: Thailand, World News, Southeast Asia, Opinion

Fri Apr 24, 2009

NationMultimedia.com - National

Govt will aid third country resettlement for 158 Hmong: Kasit

Thailand will facilitate resettlement in third countries for 158 Hmong refugees being detained in Nong Khai, Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said yesterday.

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Related Topix: Thailand, World News, Laos, Southeast Asia

Fri Apr 17, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Rail journeys: new trips around the world

Until last month, Laos was a country where you couldn't ride a train. Heading there from Thailand, you could go only as far as the border town of Nong Khai before being forced to switch to bus or taxi.

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Related Topix: Travel, Southeast Asia, Laos Travel, World News, Laos, Thailand Travel, Thailand, Turkey, Turkey Travel, Middle East

Thu Apr 09, 2009

NationMultimedia.com - Breakingnews

Red-shirt rallies found in 21 provinces: Interior Ministry

The red shirts are holding rallies in 21 provinces to support the main demonstration in Bangkok, the Interior Ministry said in a report on Thursday.

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Thu Apr 02, 2009

Bangkok Post

Splendours of Songkran

Songkran, the ancient tradition of splashing others with water, is without doubt a unique fun-filled festival which marks the beginning of the Thai New Year.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve, World News, Thailand, Food, Food Festival, Travel

Sun Mar 29, 2009

The Huffington Post

Roger Warner: The C.I.A.'s tribe in danger

At a table under a tree, in the yard of a locked detention center, in the city of Nong Khai, in the country of Thailand, across the wide Mekong river from the country of Laos, in the interior of Southeast Asia, sat two men.

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Related Topix: World News, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Laos

Tue Mar 24, 2009

Bangkok Post

Anupong denies Thaksin murder plot

Army chief Anupong Paojinda on Tuesday categorically denied deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's accusation that he was involved in a plot to assassinate him.

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