This photo was taken by Angilee Shah in May 2008 from a bridge overlooking the Sai River, which sits between Thailand and Myanmar. On the right are bustling tourist and trinket shops in the Thai city of Mae Sai. On the left are hollowed out buildings of the Myanmar city of Tachilek. You can cross the border from Thailand into Myanmar by foot by paying US$10 or 500 Thai Baht and leaving your passport with Myanmar officials until you re-enter Thailand. Photo used here with permission.
As in recent years, events taking place in Asia frequently made global headlines in 2011. One of the year's biggest stories relating to Northeast Asia came in the opening months of 2011. It began with Japan being rocked by an earthquake and hit by a tsunami, a pair of intertwined disasters that not only led to a significant initial loss of life but quickly...
