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Culture: Betel Nut in Myanmar, Southeast Asia

February 18, 2010

If you look closely at this little creature on the left, you might see a small green leaf in his mouth.
The little green leaf is filled with lime and a special type of seed, which is called Areca nut (or Pinang in Malaysia, Betel Nut in Myanmar, etc). The leaf, at least in Myanmar, also [...]

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Travel: Myanmar, Part II – How I Spent Christmas Eve

February 3, 2010

Christmas Eve 2009 was definitely one to remember. While most of my friends were back in the States battling the snow and struggling with the slow airline travel, I was hanging out near Inle Lake in Myanmar.
We started the day pretty early, threw on our dusty jackets, and headed to the lake for a boat [...]

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Travel: Myanmar (Burma), Part I

January 21, 2010

This is my first post about my recent trip to Myanmar. There is a lot I want to cover, so I decided to write several posts instead of one or two super long posts. For the first installment, I’ll keep it pretty general.
Several people asked me for a short summary, and this is what I [...]

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Travel: Off to Myanmar

December 19, 2009

In a couple of hours I am heading off to Myanmar (Burma) for about nine days. Of course I wish I had more time to explore, but that is the way life goes.
We are not set on our plans, but we are hoping to hit Bagaon and Inle Lake, and then spend the last two [...]

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Politics: Myanmar (Burma) on a US Cable News Network…

October 24, 2009

I was hoping to have time to write a more detailed post, but such is not the case. However, since this draft (consisting of a heading) has been in my box for over a week, I thought I’d get something out there to keep things going.
Recently, I watched a round table discussion about Myanmar on [...]

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Politics: American Luminaries and U.S. Diplomacy towards Pariah States

August 22, 2009

Guest Post from Dragoman

Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.) had successfully negotiated the release of John Yettaw, the American much maligned for his unwitting involvement in the recent intrigue against Aung San Suu Kyi. Earlier this month, Bill Clinton returned from Pyongyang with the two American journalists whom North [...]

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Link: The Economist’s Banyan on Burma and Indonesia

August 20, 2009

This week’s opinion column on Asia in the Economist highlighted the ways Burma and Indonesia became fellow travelers in matters of military control of their society and how the two countries have parted ways in terms of development.
I was highly interested in this excellent piece because it echoes certain things that I argued in another [...]

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