All of Kim Jong-eun’s men April 3, 2012 Asia Times By Nate Thayer WASHINGTON – The top managers of North Korea’s clandestine nuclear and ballistic missile program have been methodically promoted and now dominate the inner circle of Kim Jong-eun’s new government, confidential foreign government documents and official media reports from Pyongyang show. The shadowy […]
North Korea IDs Mystery Woman as Kim Jong-Un’s Wife—But Who Is She, Really?
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (2nd L) and his wife (red), who was named by the state broadcaster as Ri Sol-ju (KCNA / Reuters) North Korea IDs Mystery Woman as Kim Jong-Un’s Wife—But Who Is She, Really? Jul 26, 2012 The Daily Beast By Nate Thayer After weeks of speculation, state media has revealed that […]
THE CAMBODIAN CONUNDRUM
THE CAMBODIAN CONUNDRUM Cambodia represents a case study of what can happen when U.S. drug policy and U.S. foreign policy interests collide FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL March 2002 By Nate Thayer (This article details the way the U.S. war on drugs is actually played out in the real world, the hypocrisy between the rhetoric to hunt […]
POL POT: THE END Far Eastern Economic Review
POL POT: THE END COVER STORY Far Eastern Economic Review (This is a five story cover package detailing the first time Pol Pot was seen and photographed in nearly two decades after I encountered him at a jungle trial after he had lost a power struggle within the top core power elite of the […]
Tycoon Says He Financed Hun Sen Coup
Tycoon Says He Financed Hun Sen Coup; $1 Million Underwrote Cambodian Takeover The Washington Post July 24, 1997 By Nate Thayer A powerful Cambodian businessman and suspected drug kingpin says he gave more than $1 million in cash and gold to co-prime minister Hun Sen and his allies to fund a coup that ousted rival […]
Drug Suspects Bankroll Cambodian Coup Leader
Drug Suspects Bankroll Cambodian Coup Leader; Narcotics Traffic Booms as Loans, Gifts Flow Washington Post July 22, 1997 By Nate Thayer When a prominent businessman and senior adviser to Cambodian co-prime minister Hun Sen was implicated in an attempt to smuggle seven tons of marijuana out of the country recently, a top official in the […]
Cambodia: Asia’s New Narco-State? Medellin on the Mekong
Cambodia: Asia’s New Narco-State? Medellin on the Mekong Far Eastern Economic Review COVER STORY (Three story package below) 23 Nov 1995 By Nate Thayer Has Cambodia become a mafia state? Nate Thayer reports that in the two years since UN-run elections, criminal syndicates protected by high-ranking have turned the country into a major centre for […]
Thai Border: A Wild West of Anarchy
Thai Border: A Wild West of Anarchy By Nate Thayer Phnom Penh Post Friday, 20 November 1992 BANGKOK, Thailand-Thai officials, black market traders, and U.N. workers who have operated on the Thai-Cambodian border for years say U.N. efforts to impose economic sanctions against the Khmer Rouge will be virtually impossible to enforce. The U.N. hopes […]
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