Why are the bottoms of the trees in Uzbekistan painted white?

I chose to type this post with a Browner font-color cause it's about trees. 

Uzbekistan's Stunning Historical Architecture

Getting Loaded In Uzbekistan

I'm rich!

Let North Korea Keep Its Nukes

This is an academic paper I wrote about a year and a half ago in college. It may seem random and very different from the type of stuff I normally write on this site, but I figured I might as well post it cause global politics is sorta related to the theme of this blog,  and why not? DPRK is probably a hot topic right now since people are speculating if Kim Jong Un is alive.

Japan is in a "State of Emergency", Obviously:

Behold the Corona Crisis!

What It's Like Flying During The Coronavirus Crisis

Tokyo's normally crowded Haneda Airport was creepily not. 

Myanmar's Magnificent Buddhist Structures

An interesting designed temple

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