Burma | Burma
Apr.26.2013
Why, people ask, do I wander the world? Why do my wife and I spend time in other countries, seeking out places that are different from those we’re used to and are comfortable in?
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Dec.08.2012
Survivors and their children: this description could apply to many countries today, but it fits Cambodia perhaps more than most. I learned this as we explored the Cambodian countryside, small towns, and villages, as well as the cities and famous...
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Nov.26.2012
The “meek shall inherit the earth.” That’s the promise, but through human history it has not proven true, especially during the past hundred years. The punishing treaties after the violence of World War One led to...
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Oct.25.2012
“MORTAL DANGER – MILITARY ZONE," announced a garish red and yellow sign. "Any Person Who Passes or Damages the Fence ENDANGERS HIS LIFE.”
Like a...
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Jul.17.2012
The headline from Bloomberg was a bleep in last month’s news cycle: “Cam Ranh Bay Lures Panetta Seeking Return To Vietnam Port.” But that bleep has become something of a Yellow Alert in Southeast Asia, with this new headline—“Clinton Landmark Visit to Laos.”
If Secretary of...
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Feb.21.2012
My new Huffington Post piece about Khet Mar, an amazing author & inspiring activist who was thrown into prison for her writing. http://huff.to/yqPgwY
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Jul.19.2011
National Geographic recently described Thailand as a very nice country in a very bad neighborhood. That's a pretty good summation of the situation. One can tell a lot about a country by looking at who's trying to get INTO it. Thailand has been a good friend of the United States for a long time,...
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Jul.19.2011
After receiving a mild rebuke from Farzana Versey about my bloglaxity with regard to my adventures in Thailand, I have resolved to remedy this situation.
The appalling situation on the Thailand/Burma border is a complex one, and not amenable to the sort of drive-by journalism that blogging tends...
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May.26.2011
(In memory of my father Sunday Eke, who fought and survived the World War II in Burma)
I have kept my father's identity card of Royal West African Frontier Force. But I have forgotten everything he told me about the role he and other thousands of Nigerians played as soldiers who fought for the...
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Sep.03.2009
http://kyimaykaung.blogspot.com/
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