The New Light of Myanmar has a 1500-word article on a recent visit by a delegation from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation to the northern Shan State and Mandalay. The headline is: “Leader of Spokes Authoritative Team of the State Peace and Development Council Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan receives scholars of Friedrich Ebert Foundation FES, scholars tour Shan [...]
European scholars tour Burma
October 8th, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · 4 Comments
Tags: Burma · Shan State
Examples of “sufficiency economy”
October 8th, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · 9 Comments
The Thai government’s Public Relations Department has used the post-coup period to put out a continuous stream of reporting and commentary on “sufficiency economy”. Recently they have devoted some attention to a small island off the coast of Phuket where “villagers…live today in happiness under the principle of self sufficiency economy”.
According to the recent report:
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Tags: Southern Thailand · Sufficiency Economy · Thailand