October 23, 2008 Irin - Humanitarian news and analysis
	ASIA: Call for greater protection of migrant workers' rights -- Southeast and East Asian governments should intensify efforts to protect the rights of migrant workers, who are particularly vulnerable to abuse, the UN and partner agencies have urged.
August 27, 2008 Irin - Humanitarian news and analysis
	THAILAND: Protests against Thai leader intensify -- BANGKOK, 27 August 2008 (IRIN) - For a last-stage lung cancer patient like Arom Meechai, travelling all night from her home town in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province to protest at Government House is what she will remember for the rest of her life.
August 19, 2008 Irin - Humanitarian news and analysis
	THAILAND: Government plan to boost domestic rice production -- BANGKOK, 19 August 2008 (IRIN) - Thailand's Finance Ministry has announced it will lease some 160,000 hectares (ha) of unused state-owned land to poor farmers and agri-businesses to boost domestic rice production.
February 13, 2008 The New York Times
	Activists Flee Myanmar Crackdown to Thailand -- MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters) - Defying international calls to relent, Myanmar's junta is still hunting down activists involved in September's monk-led protests, causing scores to flee to Thailand, fugitives and aid workers said on Wednesday.
November 07, 2007 BBC World News
	Thai election campaign under way -- Official campaigning is under way in Thailand for the country's first general election since last year's military coup.
November 06, 2007 The Economist
	Thailand's pre-election jostling -- he polls may restore democracy but not stability