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Laos (pronounced Lah-oze) is a faithfully Buddhist kingdom known as "the land of a million elephants," which five years ago was carved out of French Indo-China in the Geneva conference after Dienbienphu. It has Communists to the north of it (China), Communists to the east of it (North Viet Nam), and Communists inside it (the Pathet Lao). Only 18 months ago it seemed to be slipping inexorably toward Red rule. As the result of a queer, credulous armistice with its own Communist rebels, the Laotian government reserved two of its Cabinet posts for Communists and agreed to absorb...
...took over Thailand's government, abrogated the constitution, dissolved the Parliament, abolished political parties, and set up martial law. Since most of the democratic trappings of the country were more apparent than real, Thailand did not seem to mind such highhandedness at all. Weeks ago, as the Buddhist Lenten season of Purima Pansa began. Thai temples gleamed with new coats of gold in keeping with the old adage. "When the temples shine, the country is prosperous...
...Temple of the Golden Pavilon, by Yukio Mishima. Beauty's dark power to paralyze the will is merely one among many meanings in this sensuously symbolic novel about the burning of a 14th century Buddhist temple...
Western civilization has caused "frustration" in parts of Thailand, Siamese banker Dusdee Svasti-Xuto commented in the first part of the Seminar. Life in this country is related to the Buddhist and Brahmist priests, while people work "for happiness and not for gain." Due to the cultural set-up of the country, Svasti-Xuto felt natives did not want to accept a Western mode of living...
...Temple of the Golden Pavilion, by Yukio Mishima. Beauty's dark power to paralyze the will is merely one among many meanings in this sensuously symbolic novel about the burning of a 14th century Buddhist temple...