"A gathering of youth leaders from all ten ASEAN countries applauded as U.S. President Barack Obama opened his address with the Burmese greeting, ?Myanmar, mingalaba!"...In his opening remarks, the president cited the various reasons for his administration?s consistent focus on Southeast Asian affairs, including the years he spent as a child in Indonesia and the fact that one tenth of the world population lives in Southeast Asia, two thirds of whom are under 35 years old..."