bookmarks: 2011

THAILAND 1853 – Elder Elam Luddington was the first LDS missionary to Thailand, then called Siam. (LDS Sept 1995). Sept 1972 – Recipes from Thailand. Vicki H Budge. (Friend LDS). 1975 – Vasily Ivanovich Timofeyev was a KGB agent in Thailand. Action in the Russian foreign intelligence service. Journalist in Bangkok 1975, retired in 1993. Nikolai Petrovich a KGB resident in Thailand. In 1975 in Bangkok. The Vietnam war had ended. The US had some military bases in Thailand after the war. The KGB were interested in these bases, Pentagon documents in Thailand and the KGB descriptions of the administration of US bases in Thailand. Bases were closing and the US personnel were being scaled down. The KGB brought documents for $5,000. (Undercover lives ©1998 H Vlomark). April 1975 – The LDS church in Thailand. (Friend mag). April 1975 – Thailand land of living waters. (Friend mag LDS). Jan 1977 – Thai translation of the Book of Mormon printed. (Ensign LDS). 1981 – Regional conference of CIA station chiefs in Bangkok Thailand. Attending was Howard Hart wanting weapons for the Afghan Mujahadeen from Pakistan. Jan 1982 – LDS church welcomes Thai Royalty. (Ensign mag). 1984 – People’s of the golden triangle. Paul Lewis and Elaine Lewis. Thames and Hudson ISBN 0-5009-7314-8.Aug 1989 – Thai officials visit LDS church leaders and sites. (Ensign mag). 1991 – Sex trafficking in Burma and Thailand. Sex Ezine. Slavery trafficking of Burmese women and children in brothels in Thailand (Internet). Jan 1991 – In an FBI undercover operation code named DRAGON CHASE, the FBI in New York seized 28 pounds of China white heroin and got indictments of 10 people in the US and Thailand. With the main suspect arrested in Bangkok for drug trafficking. May 1993 – The saints of Thailand. David Mitchell (Liahona mag LDS) 1994 – It was a Hezbollah cell in Thailand that in 1994 almost succeeded in driving a truck laden with explosives into the Israeli embassy in Bangkok. 17 March 1994 – Hezbollah terrorists tried to bomb the Israeli embassy in Bangkok Thailand. The attack failed because the terrorists got in a car accident and fled the scene. Authorities later found the c4 explosives in the car. Hezbollah has a long track record of plotting terrorist attacks in south east Asia. (The Australian 9 June 2003). June 1994 – I have a work to do sister. Ruchirawan Phonphon Grat of Thailand (Liahona mag LDS). Aug 1994 – Living the gospel in Thailand. David Mitchell. (Ensign LDS). Sept 1995 – The gospel dawning in Thailand. Jopan Porter Ford and Larene Porter Gawnt. Asoke chapel in Bangkok. 1996 – Bangkok’s Chula/ongkorn university estimated that $28.5 billion went through Thailands money laundering system. The equivalent of 15% of Thai GDP. 28 Nov 1998 – US embassy closes amid security alert. Bangkok Post. 1 Oct 1999 – Burmese embassy seizure. Burmese dissidents seized the Burmese embassy in Bangkok taking 89 people hostage including one US citizen. 15 Jan 2000 – Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almidhar fly into Los Angeles from Bangkok Thailand. Both became suicide hijackers on 9/11. 9 Nov 2001 – The al-Qaeda network in Thailand from where two of the 9/11 hijackers were launched after a meeting in Malaysia in Jan 2000. (Inside al-Qaeda ©2002 R Gunaratna). 27 Oct 2004 – Thailand risks a Muslim uprising in the south after the deaths of about 80 Muslims in military custody. Most of the victims were suffocated several had broken necks when 1,300 people were stuffed into a vehicle for six hours. After Thai officials used wateer canon gunfire and tear gas to break up a protest. United Liberation Organisation PULO statement on website said a southern Thai Muslim seperatist group the 1980s. 27 Oct 2004 – The group PULO was involved in a violent campaign in the 1970s and 80s for an independent Muslim kingdom of Pattani between southern Thailand and northern Malaysia. 13 May 2005 – Three bombs exploded in Yala, Thailands Muslim south yesterday police said. At least 9 people were inured in a region where more than 600 people have died in 17 months of violence. The first bomb exploded near a train station in sonug khla province wounding 3 people. Later a second blast outside the home of the provincial chief judge in Yala province wounded five police officers. While a third bomb near Yala city hall wounded a woman. (ODT Reuters). Late 2005 – The Thai government said Barisan revokisi nasional (BRN-C) militants one of the two key insurgent groups in southern Thailand had been trained in Indonesia. Those trained were called Runda Kumpalan Keuil RKK. 17 Aug 2005 – Suspected Islamic militants bombed a Buddhist temple in Nasathiurat, Thailand killing a security guard and wounding 8 others. 26 Aug 2005 – In Yala province suspected Islamic militants shot dead 2 Buddhist Thais. In Narathiwat province a Muslim deputy village headman was killed. 28 Aug 2005 – Suspected Islamist militants shot dead a schoolteacher in southern Thailand’s Yala city. 29 Aug 2005 – Islamic militants killed a volunteer security officer who was accompanying Buddhist monks in Thailands Yala province. 1 Sept 2005 – In Thailands Narathiwat province an explosion killed a police officer who was accompanying teachers to school, and in Yala province gunmen shot dead a Muslim religious teacher. 22 Sept 2005 – In Yala province an elephant caretaker and a Burmese migrant worker were shot dead. 23 Sept 2005 – In Narathiwat province a bomb killed two police officers. In Yala province a Buddhist man was shot dead and in Pattani province a Buddhist construction worker was shot dead. 30 Sept 2005 – In Pattani province Islamic militants shot dead a teenage Buddhist student. 5 Oct 2005 – In Yala province Islamic militants beheaded a villager. 14 Oct 2005 – In Pattani province a Buddhist farmer was beheaded. 15 Oct 2005 – In Pattani province Islamic militants killed a Buddhist monk and 2 boys then set fire to a Buddhist temple. 16 Oct 2005 – 17 suspects arrested in connection with the 16 Oct 2005 killing of a monk all claimed to be part of RKK who were trained in Bandung Indonesia. 19 Oct 2005 – In Narathiwat province Islamic militants shot dead a Muslim women whose husband was a member of a local village administration. 26 Oct 2005 – In attacks along the Thai Malay border Islamic militants killed 4 Thai villagers. 2 Jan 2006 – The group that had beheaded an army commando in early jan 2006 was trained by Islamic scholars who studied in Indonesia. Also 3 suspects in an ambush on a commando unit in Yala on 2 Jan 2006 said they had got guerrilla training from the RKK in Indonesia. 10 May 2006 – A motorcycle bomb exploded in Pattani town killing 2 female teachers, a soldier and wounding 16 including 4 soldiers and a police officer. Also the same day a fishing worker was shot and seriously wounded by a motorcycle gunman in Yarang district. 15 June 2006 – Authorities distributed to the RKK 74 bombings that rocked the three troubled provinces of southern Thailand for four days starting 15 June 2006. 15 June 2006 – At least 16 people were injured in the blasts that exploded as people headed to work in the 3 Muslim majority provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala. 15 June 2006 – Bombing campaign in southern Thailand over four days. 74 bombs were detonated including 50 on the first day. 1 Aug 2006 – Insurgents rocked southern Thailand with more than 100 bombing and arson attacks. 31 Aug 2006 – Coordinated attacks when insurgents targeted at least 20 commercial banks in Yala province. This caused many injuries and shit down banks for a while. 31 Aug 2006 – 22 bombs exploded simultaneously killing at least 2 people and injuring dozens more at commercial bank locations in Thailand. The homemade bombs triggered by mobile phone signals were placed in garbage bins at newspaper stands and near seats where customers went for service at banks in Yala province. 31 Aug 2006 – 22 bombs exploded killing at least 2 people injuring dozens. Two suspects were seized. Some of the explosives were planted by women small devices. 22 of Yalas 30 bank branches more than 1,500 people have been killed in the insurgency since early 2004 in Yala Narathwat and Puttani provinces. 17 Sept 2006 – Bomb blasts killed 4 people in southern Thailand. 19 Sept 2006 – Coup rumours spread in Thailand. Thaksin declared a state of emergency in Bangkok. Rail track blast and arson rail bomb exploded in Narathiwatis Rusoh district one km from Rusoh railway station. 9 Nov 2006 – Four people shot dead in Thailand’s south. 9 Nov 2006 – 8 bomb blasts injure 9 people. 8 bombs exploded at car and motorcycle showrooms in southern Thailand. 9 Nov 2006 – A bomb explodes in Thai Chiang Mai a home made bomb was triggered at a school in northern province of Chiang Mai. 14 Nov 2006 – 30 people were injured in bomb attacks in southern Thailand. Three bomb blasts by a Muslim insurgency. 21 Nov 2006 – Moroccan authorities reported that a key aide to Ayman al-Zawalier recently travelled to Morocco using a Thai passport. He pretended to be an Asian antiques dealer. His object was to coordinate acivities of a number of terrorist groups in North Africa. Western oil companies operating in Algeria and Libya. Tourist sites in Tunisia and Morocco were all seen as targets. (Stratfor terror intel report 21 Nov 2006). 24 Nov 2006 – Seven killed in Thai Muslim south, 2 Muslim men in their 20s were shot dead in a drive by shooting in Yala. A 48 year old Buddhist teacher was killed ouytside his school in Pattani when militants riddiled his car with bullets. Bomb at market in southern Thailand killed and wounded 17. 4 soldiers among the wounded, a bomb hidden in a motorcycle and triggered by remote mobile device exploded at a market Sungai kolok a town on the border with Malaysia. Explosives found in Yala with 2 bomb simcards. Attack oin schools bombed a school in Narathiwat before setting it on fire. 27 Nov 2006 – Three soldiers were injured in bomb attacks in southern Thailand. While patrolling a rural road in southern Thailand’s border province of Pattani were inured when a bomb exploded with mobile phone early Monday morning. 4 Jan 2007 – New Year bombs killed 3 and wounded 38. Thai markets fell by more than 3% during 2007 trading as a result of the bombings. (VOA 1.34am 9645khz world news now Thailand.) 19 Feb 2007 – Thai PM Surayud Chulanont called an emergency security council meeting in the wake of a wave of about 30 bombings in 4 of Thailand’s southern provinces. Meanwhile 3 more bombs exploded in the Ru So district of southern Narathiwat province injuring at least 3 police officers. The latest bombs were remote triggered by a mobile signal cell phone. (Stratfor intel summary). 15 Oct 2009 – Native Thais begin missionary service in Thailand after receiving MTC training in the Philippines, a first in their country. By Sister Annette Hardy. Public affairs missionary Bangkok Thailand. LDS news online. 10 Dec 2010 – Christmas big Stake LDS Thailand YouTube video Rayong 2010 by Steve P Farley 25 Dec 2010 Youtube video. 17 Jun 2011 – Youtube video LDS Thailand. .

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Burma Myanmar

BURMA MYANMAR

8 July 1975 – An earthquake struck Pagan (Bagan) and destroyed many monuments in Burma. (Timeline internet).

1987 – Kalagas, the wall hangings of South East Asia. Mary Anne Stanislaw. Ainslei California. ISBN 0-9618-4450-7.

1990-91 – General Khun Sa, a warlord in Burma who controlled 80% of the regions opium trade. In 1990 he was indicted in the US on federal drug charges but remained a fugitive. In mid 1991 he had deposited about $300 million in BCCI. The accounts were fed from Taiwan and Hong Kong.

1991 – Sex trafficking in Burma and Thailand. Sex Ezine. Slavery. Trafficking of Burmese women and children in brothels in Thailand. (internet).

1 Oct 1999 – Burmese embassy seizure. Burmese dissidents seized the Burmese embassy in Bangkok Thailand, taking 89 people hostage including one US citizen.

Nov 2001 – Two Pakistani nuclear scientists under investigation by the US for links to al-Qaeda. They arrived in Burma in early November 2001.

2002 – The Thailand based Shan human rights foundation filed a report. It said the military government in Myanmar raped at least 625 women and children in Shan states from 1996-2001. (Timeline internet).

March 2002 – Nuclear scientists in Myanmar. Rahul Bedi. Janes Intel review vol 14 no3.

19 May 2004 – A cyclone swept through western Myanmar. More than 140 people were reported dead or missing and about 18,000 homeless. (AP 28 May 2004).

29 Nov 2006 – Red Cross closing field offices in Myanmar. Up to 1,000 political prisoners being held. (wed 1.15am 9645khz VOA).

12 Feb 2007 – A report issued by a human rights group accused Myanmar’s military of killing raping and torturing ethnic Karen women over the past 25 years. (AP 12 Feb 2007).

May 2008 – Cyclone Nargis devastates large parts of Burma, killing about 130,000 people. Millions of people were affected. (Timeline internet).

3 May 2008 – A tropical cyclone slammed into Myanmar’s city of Yangon. About 138,000 people died or went missing. A deadly storm. (AP 4 May 2008).

11 May 2008 – In Myanmar a Red Cross boat carrying rice and water for Cyclone Nargis victims sank. Death toll about 28,000 a humanitarian catastrophe. (AP 11 May 2008).

12 May 2008 – Cyclone Nargis death toll 31,938 with 29,770 people missing. The first US flight of emergency supplies landed in Myanmar. (AP 12 May 2008).

14 May 2008 – Child traffickers preying on Burma victims says aid groups. Victims of cyclone Nargis UNICEF chief child protection officer in Burma was Anne Claire Dufay. (ABC news AFP Australia).

16 May 2008 – The EU aid chief said Myanmar’s junta refused foreign relief workers two weeks after the cyclone tragedy that killed more than 71,000 dead or missing. (AP 16 May 2008).

17 May 2008 – Crimes against humanity. The cyclone caused huge devastation. Dead or missing were more than 133,000 people. (AFP 17 May 2008. Reuters).

5 June 2008 – Amnesty international said Myanmar’s military regime forced cyclone survivors to do forced labor in exchange for food. T evicted displaced people from aid shelters. (AP 5 June 2008.

July 2008 – Church responds to Myanmar disaster. Ensign magazine LDS.

21 March 2009 – YouTube campaign for Burma. Free Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. Updated 18 June 2010 Gersing.

24 April 2009 – Malaysia’s PM Najib Razak said he would investigate reports by US lawmakers. Thousands of Myanmar refugees were given to human traffickers for brothels in Thailand. (AP 24 April 2009).

2010 – Human trafficking Asia Pacific. A grim trade. Burma’s ethnic women trafficked to China. Irrawaddy Global Post.

14 June 2010 – UNHCR UN refugee agency Refworld. US Dept of State. Trafficking in persons report Burma.

17 June 2010 – Burma among 13 worst for human trafficking. US report says. Kyaw Mya. Mizzima Burma related news.

2011 – Faith in Action Episode 29 Brother and sister Merkley Myanmar LDS.org.

8 Mar 2011 – Authorities in Myanmar announced bans on slavery in the capital Naypyitaw, to curb disguised slavery. (AP 21 Mar 2011).

24 March 2011 – Myanmar a 6.8 earthquake struck northeast. At least 75 people were killed and 111 injured. (AP Reuters 24 March 2011. AFP 26 March 2011).

11 Oct 2011 – Burma’s political prisoners gallery. More than 2,000 in horrendous conditions. (Guardian UK).

15 Nov 2011 – Police rescue 70 Burmese slaves from human trafficking. By Anucha Charoen Po, reporter (Bangkok Post Thailand).

17 Nov 2011 – Myanmar handed ASEAN chair over objections from many in the US. (LA Times).

2014 – Ten regional leaders agree to Burma taking over the Presidency of ASEAN in 2014. (ABC Australia).