Andrew G. Lim
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Andrew G. Lim is a research fellow of health and human rights at the University of California, Berkeley and a member of the board of directors at the U.S. Campaign for Burma. He is an M.D. candidate at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Will U.S. Investment Create a 'Ruby Republic' in Burma?

(3) Comments | Posted May 23, 2012 | 3:39 PM

Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, alongside Burma's foreign minister U Wunna Maung Lwin, proclaimed: "Today we say to America's businesses: invest in Burma."

On April 1, 2012, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese democratic heroine, was elected to a...

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Though Diplomatic Doors Open to Myanmar, Tragedy Persists in Ethnic Areas

(0) Comments | Posted January 24, 2012 | 5:23 PM

In the remote mountains of Karen state, eastern Myanmar, a man named Saw Htoo* was following a fellow medic along a dense jungle trail, returning from a medical mission in an isolated village. They took extra precaution along this route -- a riverbank where skirmishes had been common between government...

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