Tag: Sandals

Asia

Indonesia’s Unlikely Flip-Flop Protest

  • By TN
  • January 5, 2012
Gede Hardjonagoro Market in Surakarta, Indonesia. Designed by Dutch architect, Thomas Karsten.
Gede Hardjonagoro Market in Surakarta, Indonesia. Designed by Dutch architect, Thomas Karsten. Photo: Meursault2004 .

Outrage over prosecution and beating of a youth for stealing sandals Angry Indonesians have been depositing sandals outside of police stations across the country as [Read More…]

Bangkok

Five Iranians jailed for smuggling $1.3 million in ‘ice’

  • By TN
  • August 27, 2010
Domestic entrance at Suvarnabhumi Airport
Domestic entrance at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Photo: Mattes.

BANGKOK, Aug 26 – Five Iranian men were arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport in three separate crystal methamphetamine smuggling cases involving a total weight of 12.3 [Read More…]