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• Sael cattle from Chin state, Myanmar

  

  Article Written by : Mr. John Smith Thang ASEAN-Korea Blog Correspondent, Myanmar One of rare animals, a unique cattle known as “Sael” in local language, “Nau-nauk” in Burmese, other country people called it as gayal or mithun, can found widely in Chin state of Myanmar. “Sael” is look like between buffalo and bull, a bit bigger than cow, and usually a black color. This animal “Sael” are available in some South and Southeast Asia countries only, such as in Myanmar and India. Even in Myanmar, “Sael” is available only in Chin state and Kachin state, and other hill areas....

  June 17, 2013 0 ASEAN Correspondents > Myanmar

• The Common Manner of Lao People

  

  Article Written By : Mr. Vannaserm Sisombath ASEAN-Korea Blog Correspondent, Lao PDR Source: http://www.laos-guide-999.com/laos-population.html Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is known as the land of smiles in Southeast Asia region. Not only is Laos famous for having abundant amounts of natural resources like minerals, gold and so on; but Laos also represents itself with a very pleasant and unique manner in the way of customs, traditions, and business behaviors. Regarding communication manners, when Lao people have a daily conversation, they behave in a calm and polite manner unlike many other countries ...

  June 17, 2013 0 ASEAN Correspondents > Lao PDR

• Brief information of Lao-Lao (Lao rice whisky)

  

  Article Written by : Mr. Vannaserm Sisombath ASEAN-Korea Blog Correspondent, Lao PDR Lao-Lao is a rice whisky produced by local Lao people especially farmers to generate extra income to the families. The name lao-Lao is not the same word repeated twice, but actually two different words and pronounced with different tones: The first Lao means “alcohol” and is pronounced with a low-falling tone, while the second Lao means Laotian (“Lao”) and is pronounced with a high-rising tone. The word lao-lao may be popular among foreigners, however, the local people especially in the northern part of the ...

  June 17, 2013 0 ASEAN Correspondents > Lao PDR