WE ASK/THEY ANSWER: ‘THE GREAT (AND NOT SO GREAT) OF THE MEDIA OF THE ASIA PACIFIC’ An Exclusive Interview with Celebrated Career Editor David Armstrong

I was recently given the opportunity to interview longtime journalist and editor David Armstrong.  The course of his career has led him to traverse the Asian landscape, from Australia, to Hong Kong, and currently to Thailand.  Among his many prominent posts, he has been Editor-in-Chief of both The Australian and…

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ASIA BOOK CORNER: In Review of the New Book “Conversations With Thaksin” by Tom Plate

Former Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, loved and loathed across his homeland, makes for a fascinating target of former Los Angeles Times columnist Tom Plate’s professional – and always gracious, although sometimes fawning – curiosity. Unsurprisingly, Conversations With Thaksin: From Exile to Deliverance – Thailand’s Populist Tycoon Tells His Story is unavailable in the kingdom, though not yet subject to an official ban.

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