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Amy Sawitta Lefevre
For Amy Sawitta Lefevre's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 6, 2018
Governments 'not ready' for December climate change summit, says Fiji PM Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama at Bangkok talks
Governments are unprepared for a crucial climate change meeting in Poland later this year aimed at ensuring the full implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement, Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama said this week at climate talks in Bangkok.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 23, 2018
Cambodian opposition figures say they have been silenced in lead-up to election
In June last year, Khoeun Virath was elected as a commune councilor in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, but months later his political party was banned and most of its leadership fled into exile — so now he works as a tuk-tuk driver to make ends meet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 28, 2016
Ousted Thai leader Thaksin's influence shows signs of waning
Sitting in her busy Bangkok noodle shop, Bunruen Klinnak professes "love" for Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was toppled in a 2006 military coup and later fled abroad.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 28, 2014
Impeachment process begins for ousted Thai PM Yingluck
Thailand's military-appointed legislature on Friday started impeachment proceedings against ousted former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over a loss-making rice subsidy program, seen as a further step to try to end the political influence of her powerful family.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Oct 23, 2014
Traffickers use prison ships, abductions to feed Southeast Asian slave trade
When Afsar Miae left his home near Teknaf in southern Bangladesh to look for work last month, he told his mother, 'I'll see you soon' and said he expected to return that evening. He never did.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 30, 2014
Australia seeks Thai help for Aussie couples, surrogate babies
Australia urged Thailand on Friday to allow Australian couples with babies born by Thai surrogate mothers to return home with their children following a crackdown on commercial surrogacy that has left many couples in limbo.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 30, 2014
'Option B': the blueprint for Thailand's coup
On Dec. 27 last year, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, Thailand's powerful army chief, stood before a crowded news conference and stunned the beleaguered government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra by saying he would not rule out military intervention to resolve a deteriorating political crisis.

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