BANGKOK - THIS week's edition of the Economist has not been distributed in Thailand because of local objections to an article about the royal family, the second disruption in two months, the magazine said.
'This week our distributors in Thailand have decided not to deliver The Economist in light of our coverage relating to the Thai monarchy,' it said in an email to Bangkok-based subscribers.
BEIJING - CHINA gave the Lunar New Year a raucous welcome on Monday with parties, feasts and thousands of tonnes of firecrackers, but the mood was far from bullish as the nation ushered in the Year of the Ox.
The boom of explosions echoed across the capital Beijing throughout the night and as day broke, millions of revellers thronged the streets to celebrate the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar.
BANGKOK - PRESSURE mounted on Thailand on Monday to come clean on allegations the army towed Rohingya refugees out to sea and abandoned them in engine-less boats, after CNN showed pictures depicting exactly that.
The Rohingyas are Muslims from northwest Myanmar. Many have fled the Bhuddist-dominated, military-ruled country, where they say they face repression and economic hardship.
