{"id":2037,"date":"2015-01-28T12:30:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T17:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/commentary-thailand-is-touchstone-for-abes-universal-values\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T13:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T18:49:25","slug":"commentary-thailand-is-touchstone-for-abes-universal-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/commentary-thailand-is-touchstone-for-abes-universal-values\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: Thailand is touchstone for Abe&#039;s &#039;universal values&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>COMMENTARY: Thailand is touchstone for Abe&#39;s &#39;universal values&#39;<\/strong><br \/>\nBANGKOK&#8211;A Thai graduate student in his early 30s, who goes by the nickname Champ, remains defiant against the military government, which detained him twice after the coup last year. On June 22, exactly &#8230; 22, exactly six months after the coup, when &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/ajw.asahi.com\/article\/views\/column\/AJ201501280013\">Asahi Shimbun<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your <b>passport<\/b> is gold on the black market<\/strong><br \/>\n&quot;A person carrying a New Zealand passport will avoid the type of scrutiny of someone on an Iranian or Nigerian passport. When I worked for government agencies, they [NZ passports] were valued at around US$  10,000.&quot; There were past incidents of staff &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/the-press\/65525245\/Your-passport-is-gold-on-the-black-market\">The Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Second <b>Passport<\/b> Tips<\/strong><br \/>\nConsider Albert Einstein, who opted for a second passport in 1933 to better his odds of becoming a U.S. citizen after the Nazi regime raided his house, confiscated his property, and seized his bank accounts. Or Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wealthdaily.com\/articles\/second-passport-tips\/5523\">Wealth Daily<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMMENTARY: Thailand is touchstone for Abe&#39;s &#39;universal values&#39; BANGKOK&#8211;A Thai graduate student in his early 30s, who goes by the nickname Champ, remains defiant against the military government, which detained him twice after the coup last year. 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