The authorities in 12 provinces have been instructed to arrange manpower and equipment to tackle possible floods and landslides until August 20.

It’s estimated that some 10-12% of Myanmar’s population live or work overseas – a statistic comparable with the Philippines. MAWLAMYINE (or Moulmein) is one of those Southeast Asian cities like Sandakan, Bacolod and Songkhla; where the past looms large but the present seems faded and unpromising. The kinds of places that young people yearn to leave in search of jobs and money.

The government has agreed to guarantee price in the range of Bt10,000 to Bt15,000 per tonne for five types of rice.

As a park chief himself, Soeung Khemarak, the deputy director of the Oyadav National Park in Rattanakiri province, fully understands the problems faced by Cambodia’s Kulen Prum Tep Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent parks near the border with Thailand where bombs, illegal logging and poaching are part of daily life.