As expected the internationally condemned trial of Burma's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has ended with a guilty verdict and an 18-month sentence handed down to her for violating the terms of her previous house arrest. Suu Kyi will now have to remain...

I think most everybody has heard of “Blood Diamonds” especially after the Leonardo DiCaprio movie of the same name. But what about “Blood Gold?” The US TV news magazine 60 Minutes just had a segment called "How Gold pays for the...

The Nation excerpt: The Supreme Court has ruled that Thaksin broke the law by giving his wife official consent to buy state-owned land in Ratchadaphisek. While the ruling and other incidents involving Thaksin have divided Thailand more than anything...

Abhisit is very articulate and can spin with the best of them. But I don't know why he has to lie. Thailand is not an open economy or is it even remotely liberal. It is a protectionist country. Nothing wrong with being protectionist but to tell the...

The Nation Post-Crisis Thailand : Building a new democratic society --- The second crisis is of our own making, our own political situation which has been making headline news for the past few years. My Government came in nine months ago and since...

Bloomberg Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Honduras’s deposed President Manuel Zelaya breathed new life into his efforts to regain office by slipping into the country and taking shelter in the Brazilian Embassy, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...