International Relations Issues

Nice Lahu Girl

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Actually when I was younger I had the hugest crush on a Karen girl! I even learnt to speak a little Karen (red), but we talked in Thai (central) though. She’s married with kids now - still a friend. And last year a mutual friend of ours asked me to photograph his sister’s wedding. She is lahu-lisu. Arriving at the ceremony, I was shocked; she was marrying an Australian dude! ! ! ! ! How bizarre is that? I should have asked.

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| So who is this girl you’re marrying then? | Actually she’s a nice Lahu girl originally from Burma, who i met here through some friends? | oh. Well how can you be sure of her background? | yeah, I’m sure she’s clean… | … she was laundered through Thailand | ! |

Following Wealth

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And Oi! Hey you! Remember that Burma is ‘apparently’ having more democratic elections next year (2010). Only Aung San Suu Kyi, the wanted leader of NLD, has had her house arrest extended because some American dude swam the river to go see her. Strange thing to do, but the junta would have extended her sentence anyway.

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We Can Do It

| But isn’t Burma and Myanmar the same country? | yes, the military junta changed the name to Myanmar in 1989 to represent the junta’s ethnicity | So they’re trying to crowd out the other nationalities | Seems so | Where are the other nationalities going then? | Well, a lot of them go to Thailand | what are they going into Thailand for? | i don’t know, perhaps they’re following their wealth |