Aung San Suu Kyi

Support Myanmar & Aung San Suu Kyi: Visit!

Submitted by David Cardinal on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 01:15

About once a year the country of Myanmar (formerly Burma) becomes part of the world's consciousness. It is often not good news, whether it was the Nargis typhoon or recently the extension of the sentence of Aung San Suu Kyi. The shame of it is that it would be incredibly easy for Americans or any other caring citizens to take postive action but for the most part we are content to sit back & let our governments do their best. How can you help?...

African Bullfrogs Fighting for Mates
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Burma: The Land That Time Forgot

Burma: The Land That Time Forgot 

Sunrise in Bagan, Myanmar
Nikon D2H
Processed using Photokit Color
 Just the name Burma conjures up images of hot jungles and bitter conflict. One of the most deadly theaters of WWII Burma was a place much in the news and on everyone�s mind in that period. Then, renamed Myanmar and taken over by a virtual lynch mob of generals who have suspended elections after placing their elected president under house arrest the country has increasingly become a throwback to a different time.

Unlike neighboring Thailand and China, Myanmar has largely been left out of the Asian economic boom because of its insular and repressive government and backwards economic policies--amplified by a US trade embargo. The result is a country with many modern issues but set in a nearly historic backdrop.

Visiting Burma (Myanmar)
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