New Mandala

Readers who do not subscribe to the Thailand, Laos and Cambodia Studies Group listserve may have missed the public release of the script of Surat Horachaikul’s speech at the ANU on 22 August 2007.Â
Here at New Mandala we have already provided substantial commentary on the Thai government sponsored missions to Europe and to Australia that have been [...]

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Long-time readers of New Mandala will know that we have occasionally highlighted the relationship between Bhutan and Thailand and, in particular, the Thai love affair with Bhutan’s new king (see, for example, 9 August, 29 November, 18 December and this article).Â
Since the new king, Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, a 27-year old Oxford-graduate, took the throne in late 2006 [...]

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