Burma’s President Thien Sein toured the flood-hit Irrawaddy region on Saturday, where he urged farmers to try to start other businesses also and not rely solely on farming, the New Light of Myanmar, the state-run newspaper, said on Saturday.
In the seminar on 24th August of Friday in Thailand’s Mahidol University, ‘the relationships between Thailand and Myanmar – From Ma Ta Put to Dawei (Tavoy in Burmese)’, three Bangkok based civil society organizations, working on environment and health issues expressed their grave concerns on environmental and health impacts from Dawei deep seaport and industrial estate development project to Thai people near Thailand-Burma border and Burma’s ethnic fishing and farming communities.
The severest flood crisis in Lashio is placing over 2,000 people from 6 wards in difficulties and the Buddhist monasteries have to offer food and necessities to the victims, reported young locals from Lashio.
United Wa State Army which is currently the strongest in terms of finance, equipment, weapons and manpower among all the ethnic armed groups is said to be practicing its salary system as during the days under the Communist Party of Burma (CPB), according to former CPB members.
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