From Kyoto to Paris, Thailand's tradition of exile lives on

Dark times present leaving as the solution, whether for musicians or royalty

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Thailand's history of coups and strict law of lese-majeste have pushed many activists and political leaders into exile. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)

DOMINIC FAULDER, Nikkei Asian Review associate editor

BANGKOK -- Early this month, Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a former Thai diplomat who edits the Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia in Japan, said he and his partner were attacked at home in bed early on July 8 by a masked man with a nonlethal chemical spray.

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