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Political gluttony in a realm torn by greed

Political gluttony in a realm torn by greed

I'm back in Bangkok, where traffic conditions, urban pollution and color-based politics have reach a screeching point, where the educated elites are in their constant political brawl against what they call the uneduc ...

Big executive pay, golden parachutes at Freeport McMoRan

Big executive pay, golden parachutes at Freeport McMoRan

Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. executives receive hefty salaries and stock bonuses but they’ve also set up very large golden parachutes in case the Phoenix-based copper miner gets acquired. ...

Vietnam farmer a hero after shootout with police

Vietnam farmer a hero after shootout with police

Instead of drawing public condemnation, last month’s rare violence by fish farmers trying to hold onto leased land in the northern port city of Hai Phong has made a national hero of family ringleader Doan Van ...

Workers Still Underpaid, Freeport Resumes its Plunder of West Papua

Workers Still Underpaid, Freeport Resumes its Plunder of West Papua

“Freeport has long been the source of conflict… A majority of Papuans, who have different ethnic and religious roots to their political leaders in Jakarta, want independence.” In the U.S., Occupy P ...