Transliterated, his name is ROMAN SHAHNOVSKI

Are there no Korean restaurants in Siam to take care of this dreadful problem?

So long ago, now ... A decade-and-a-half ... Oh, how time flies! Switching on the TV to catch the news ... ... thought I had the wrong channel "After the terrorist attack in New York and the collapse of both of the Twin Towers ..." Banging on a neighbour's door: "Yes, I just got an e-...

One's immediate reaction is vicarious fury - "How dare they build this when lots of people don't have clean water / places to live / medical coverage" but then a little sense emerges ... think of how many quite poor rural people will come to build this and how much in wages they will be pa...

Where does one draw a line between a string and cold-blooded entrapment?

Inebriated honkies and handcuffed honkies are just fine.

Perhaps there could be a messed-up-honkie-of-the-month photo competition?

This would have been a holiday flight to remember http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3783356/Terror-EasyJet-flight-migrant-deported-Venice-screams-Allahu-Akbar-29-times-death-coming-17-times-die-nine-times-shocking-two-hour-frenzy.html Two(?) Home Office personnel accompanied the deportee. Any ...

There is an en passant reference to Cambodia here, specifically about the number of people who perished, but most of the article is about the Soviet Union http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/The-house-is-on-fire--8466 Has the Documentation Center (or anyone else) some up with a reasonably exact...

THis poor fellow said he couldn't afford to go to even the humblest clinic.

That wonderful (seriously!) NGO called Medecins Sans Frontiers is established through Laos and treats everyone totally free of charge.

Is there NO equivalent here?

Would one guess timber smugglers did this rather than poachers?

In any case, killing rangers is a REALLY bad PR move and HE will NOT be pleased.

We can only wait and see what happens next.