"Burma continues to earn its reputation as the black sheep of the Asean family. Thanks to a three-week anti-Thai tirade, Burma has confirmed its reputation as the problem child of the Southeast Asian family, Asean. After hosting a series of anti-Thai demonstrations around the country, Rangoon even stepped into the sports arena to express displeasure at its neighbor, preventing Burmese youth from participating in an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) amateur swimming competition recently held in Bangkok. This episode comes in the wake of other anti-Thai sentiments being openly expressed after border skirmishes began in late May. Burma has expelled Thai workers, denied visas for Thai officials, and even ordered the Burmese media to tarnish both Thailand�s present and past..."