Long-time New Mandala readers may remember that we have previously written about the latest installment in Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo series - Rambo IV: In the Serpent’s Eye. It is set along the Thai-Burma border and was shot in northern Thailand.
The Sydney Morning Herald has a report about the film which includes some recent comments about Burma from [...]
Stallone: “This is a hellhole beyond your wildest dreams”
October 2nd, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · 6 Comments
Tags: Burma
More on the Chinese in northern Laos
October 2nd, 2007 by Olivier Evrard, Guest Contributor · 4 Comments
Further to my post on the Nam Tha dam it is interesting to examine some other aspects of development in northwestern Laos, and the extent of Chinese commercial influence.Â
According to the statistics of the Bokeo provincial office for tourism, 185,000 persons went through the border post of Huay Sai in 2006, either going to Thailand or [...]
Tags: China · Focus on Laos · Laos · Trans-Border Issues