At a time when most Thais avoided discussing safe sex and family planning, Mechai Viravaidya promoted condom use with spectacle and humor, saving millions of lives.
Author: SETH MYDANS
Cambodia Sentences Theary Seng and Other Hun Sen Critics to Prison
Theary Seng, a Cambodian American lawyer, and dozens of other critics of Prime Minister Hun Sen were convicted of conspiracy to commit treason.
Cambodia Convicts 19 Opposition Politicians on ‘Incitement’ Charges
Critics called the trial a “witch hunt,” and the latest effort by Prime Minister Hun Sen to eliminate the last vestiges of dissenting political voices in what was already a virtually one-party state.
Thich Nhat Hanh, Monk, Zen Master and Activist, Dies at 95
A monk with global influence and an ally of Martin Luther King, he championed what he called “engaged Buddhism,” applying its principles in pressing for peace.
Thich Nhat Hanh: Quotes From a Zen Master
“People talk about entering nirvana, but we are already there,” said the Buddhist monk, who died on Saturday. Here is a short selection of his remarks.
F. Sionil Jose, 97, Novelist Who Saw Heroism in Ordinary Filipinos, Dies
Mr. Jose’s writing, rich in themes drawn from his rural upbringing, amounted to a continuing morality play about poverty and class divisions in the Philippines.
Norodom Ranariddh, Royal Player in Cambodian Politics, Dies at 77
He rode a wave of royalist sentiment to win a United Nations-sponsored election in 1993, but was later ousted in a power struggle with his co-prime minister.
Khmer Rouge Leader Appears in Court to Appeal Genocide Conviction
The trial is seen as the final stage of the long-running and expensive tribunal centered on the atrocities carried out in Cambodia during the 1970s.
Charged With Treason, a Genocide Survivor Opts to Fight, Not Flee
As a child, Theary Seng escaped Cambodia’s killing fields. After returning there as a human rights advocate, she angered the country’s strongman leader. But she refuses to be driven away again.
Josef Silverstein, Scholar and Critic of Myanmar, Dies at 99
He focused on democracy and human rights in a strife-torn country both as an academic and as an on-the-ground adviser to rebel groups.