Do you know about Burma? What's the situation today there?
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My information is a little dated, but for what it's worth here's my $0.02.\n\nPolitically, the government is run by the military and everything is very corrupt and bureaucratic. The government is funded primarily by narco-trafficing and indirectly by China. The situation has been very bad for the Burmese people with no real change.\n\nUN sanctions have been in place for some time now, but they are a joke since the government is funded through bribery and extortion. Unlike Thailand which is enjoying growth of the asian economies, Mayanmar remains backwards and repressive.\n\nThe people on the other hand are very nice and hospitable. The food is an interesting mix of Indian and Asian and the people are very genuine and friendly.
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Not really but this might help.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar\n\nhttp://www.asiantribune.com/show_news.php?id=8885\n\nhttp://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Dictators/CommitPerfectDictatorship.html\n\nhttp://www.web.amnesty.org/web/ar2001.nsf/webasacountries/MYANMAR?OpenDocument
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well, as of now, there are lots of activities that are going on, both overt and covert. \n\non the surface, you have a king holding on to power by a slim thread, a thread called the Royal Nepalese Army. a thread that can break anytime because after all the soldiers too are humans and the way things are, a potential revolutionary situation is in the making....sdnt wonder if there are already cracks in the army. \n\nalso we have the maoists who control nearly two-thirds of the country and only stopping short of storming the capital and taking power because of the big neighbour by the side, India, which has got its own maoist insurgency and India will not be too happy to see a communist country come up so close to borders. so that is a consideration. \n\nthe political (democratic) party, i think have lost the people more or less, so the people dont have any place to go except the maoists or the royalists....\n\nwhether the maoists are good or bad (to put very simplistically)is irrelevant, what is relevant is that the king is on his last legs (the fact that people are coming out against him openly in a place where kings were once revered as incarnation of God, is proof enough of his complete loss of authority) and may come crashing down soon....as to what will happen after that, depends on the tussle of will between maoists, the neutral people inside nepal and India and  China to an extent.\n\nvery interesting days ahead i am sure!!!
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China! Japan jointly dev missle defense w/ US, opened embassy in Taiwan, working on treaty to deploy combat forces alongside US in defense of Taiwan. Taiwan just dropped reunification cmte to huge PRC protest. Much more. Recall our lost navy spy plane/crew, Japan just chased a PRC sub out of their waters, PRC def buildup, ROC buyingg subs w/ US foreign aide. Cold war is started & the navy trains for a hot one.
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I am sorry but please check those two. hopefully you would find them helpful.\nwww.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnews&id=16650
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It's headed towards a disaster. What is the UN doing? Anyone home?
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Here you go\n\nhttp://www.mssu.edu/projectsouthasia/DigitalImagery/Maps/Asia-Physical/Asia1920Physical.jpg \n\nPlease give me the best answer, if this picture works out
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Yes, the North, Northeast, central and South all have different dialects, customs and "look".  Ex: Karin are in the North and have very colorful clothes and speak something also spoken across the Burma (Myanmar) border.
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if u goto \nhttp://www.myanmars.net/download/zaguestbook-asp.htm\nthis has a guestbook wrote in asp
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Gee, where do I start.  Let's see, corrupt government. Incompetent officials.  Brutal police force and military.  Deep religious divide.  Lack of accountability (I guess that goes with the corrupt government).  I would be surprised if it's NOT falling apart.  It has been failing apart for a good part of the past few centuries.
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Hello dear!\nWhy should all states get the political system we want for ourselves?\nI do not know what people of Burma want, neither which is better for them!\nFor the second part of the question, which is easier, Burma and any country, deserves and democracy s a good political system only if the residents feel like citizens, free and are promptly educated!
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Here is a listing.. I have been to most of them:\nBangladesh (Central)\nBhutan (north central)\nCambodia (SouthEast)\nChina (The People's Republic of) (East)\nIndia  (South Central)\nIndonesia (South East)\nJapan (East)\nKorea (The Democratic People's Republic of) (SouthEast)\nDPRK--North Korea (East)\nLaos (The Lao People's Democratic Republic) (SouthEast) \nMalaysia (SouthEast)\nMaldives (SouthEast) \nMongolia (East)\nMyanmar (Burma) (South Central)\nNepal (North Central)\nPakistan (Islamic Republic of) (Central)\nPhilippines (East)\nSingapore (SouthEast)\nSri Lanka (South Central)\nTaiwan (Republic of China) (Far East)\nThailand (East)\nVietnam (South East)
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nobody really knows. but i hope in the near future. as far as i know, its presently ruled by a military junta and they are already planning to hold elections to finally construct a democratic government. But up until now, there hasn't been an election. There was one election where Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi and her democratic party overwhelmingly won. but the junta just arrested her and cancelled the elections for a later date. We can only wait when the junta will finally give in to the demands of the world and its people.
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I am assuming you are referring to Phnom Penh (the city in Cambodia) - do you have any more specifics like a time frame? There have been a lot of incidents that have happened over the years - I can help if you've got a little more info. Feel free to e-mail me at sofgrant@hotmail.com and I'll do what I can.
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I have met a number of Yemen people - students! I had some friends as well from there! They seemed for the most part, down to earth! I know its not a very developed country, but I think you'll are making progress now!\nThis was some sad news posted last year:\nYemen is a country in trouble. Recently ranked the twelfth most unstable nation in the world, ahead of Haiti, Afghanistan, and Rwanda by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Yemen is teetering on failure.\n\nPresident  Ali Abdallah SALIH right?
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hmmmmm Ok I'll be needing some info...\n\nLike where is your area?