http://dir.salon.com/topics/thailand/?source=rss&aim=thailand en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT John Krich Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/olympics/feature/2008/08/13/asian_athletes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/olympics/feature/2008/08/13/asian_athletes/index.html?source=rss Sports are coming on strong in a region that has traditionally favored scholarship. Example: Thailand's prodigious women weightlifters. Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/18/condition/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/18/condition/index.html?source=rss I watched the great 10-hour Japanese antiwar film! Now it's your turn. Plus: Topiary genius, life after the tsunami, and a gay British crime lord. Andrew Leonard Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/20/beating_up_big_pharma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/20/beating_up_big_pharma/index.html?source=rss After getting kicked around by the likes of Thailand and Brazil, the pharmaceutical industry suddenly realizes, hey, maybe there's money to be made by lowering prices. Lynn Harris Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/30/global_news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/30/global_news/index.html?source=rss Feminists silenced in Iran, making noise in Mexico. Andrew Leonard Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/18/bangkok_train_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/18/bangkok_train_2/index.html?source=rss The train that shares its tracks with a street market is no fake. A reader provides history and context By Jürgen Kremb Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/26/myanmar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/26/myanmar/index.html?source=rss Thousands of Buddhist monks have hit the streets in Myanmar, deploying some shrewd political jujitsu against the corrupt, iron-fisted junta. Andrew Leonard Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/08/29/gm_papaya/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/08/29/gm_papaya/index.html?source=rss Thais in Bangkok know a bargain when they see one: Free genetically modified papayas, courtesy of Greenpeace Tracy Clark-Flory Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/06/hello_kitty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/06/hello_kitty/index.html?source=rss In Thailand, unruly officers are forced to accessorize with a Hello Kitty armband. Catherine Price Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/03/city_condoms/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/03/city_condoms/index.html?source=rss Could New York, Thailand and India work together toward a future where every condom had a spokesperson and every city its own prophylactic? Tracy Clark-Flory Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/22/rape/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/22/rape/index.html?source=rss The new law also redefines rape as a crime committed by a man or a woman. Andrew Leonard Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/25/ken_adelman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/25/ken_adelman/index.html?source=rss How did Thailand's effort to ensure cheap AIDS drugs become a supposed outsourcing scandal? By Stephanie Zacharek Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/04/20/syndromes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/04/20/syndromes/index.html?source=rss A Thai filmmaker paints a rapturous, flowing picture of his parents' pre-love story. Catherine Price Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/13/virginity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/13/virginity/index.html?source=rss Thai teens seem intent on losing their virginity on the 14th. Andrew Leonard Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/08/thailand_and_indonesia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/08/thailand_and_indonesia/index.html?source=rss Bird flu, AIDS, heart disease: Thailand and Indonesia have lots of problems, but does the World Health Organization have the right answers? Andrew Leonard Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/26/thailand_globalization/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/26/thailand_globalization/index.html?source=rss First, the Thai military overthrew a democracy. Now they're aiming at bigger game: Globalization Andrew Leonard Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/12/19/thailand_capital_controls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/12/19/thailand_capital_controls/index.html?source=rss Thailand's junta promised a new approach to economic management. The global financial community just gave it an F-. Andrew Leonard Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/29/thailand_pharma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/29/thailand_pharma/index.html?source=rss Free trade and AIDS in a post-coup, post-midterm election world. Andrew Leonard Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/13/eucalyptus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/13/eucalyptus/index.html?source=rss Are eucalyptus trees the next biofuel savior? A note of caution from California. Andrew Leonard Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/09/25/thailand_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/09/25/thailand_2/index.html?source=rss Are there lessons for Taiwan and China from the Thailand coup? Andrew Leonard Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/09/19/thailand/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/09/19/thailand/index.html?source=rss Déjà vu all over again: Thailand's year of living dangerously By Laura Miller Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/06/06/burdett/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/06/06/burdett/index.html?source=rss In this follow-up to "Bangkok 8," Buddhist police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep is back, exposing more corruption -- and hilarity -- in the Thai capital's red-light district. By Laura Miller Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/06/12/burdett/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2003/06/12/burdett/index.html?source=rss A contagious murder mystery with sex, violence and a beguiling take on the Thai way of looking at the world. By Christopher Kemp Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/11/dancing_plant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/11/dancing_plant/index.html?source=rss Darwin was obsessed by it, although even he never trained his weedy Asian shrub to twitch its leaves to the sound of music. But in a small town in northern Thailand ... By Jack Boulware Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2001/03/16/survey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2001/03/16/survey/index.html?source=rss A sex survey in several Asian countries reveals a special love of spanking in one nation. By Jack Boulware Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2001/01/29/thai_senator/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2001/01/29/thai_senator/index.html?source=rss A Thai politician is under investigation for hosting a sex party with underage girls.