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Myanmar: Flash Floods Hit Tachileik After Sai River Overflows

Heavy rainfall on Monday, July 28, caused the Sai River—which runs along the Thailand–Myanmar border—to overflow, leading to flash floods in low-lying areas of Tachileik, Shan State. Floodwaters affected several neighborhoods, including Pone Htun, Talawt, and Makao Kham wards. As a precaution, authorities cut electricity to minimize safety risks.

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Myanmar: Flash Floods Hit Tachileik After Sai River Overflows 2

Heavy rainfall on Monday, July 28, caused the Sai River—which runs along the Thailand–Myanmar border—to overflow, leading to flash floods in low-lying areas of Tachileik, Shan State. Floodwaters affected several neighborhoods, including Pone Htun, Talawt, and Makao Kham wards. As a precaution, authorities cut electricity to minimize safety risks.

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Piano concerto debuts to prompt China-ASEAN communication

STORY: Piano concerto debuts to prompt China-ASEAN communication DATELINE: July 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the world-premiere concert of piano concerto 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TYMUR MELNYK, Austrian violinist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XIA XIAOTANG, Principal conductor of China Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO) 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MOIN UL HAQUE, Pakistani Ambassador to China 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): CLAUDIA YANG, Chief executive of Silk Road International Arts Center STORYLINE: The world premiere concert of the piano concerto "The Legend of Maritime Silk Road" was held in Langfang City, north China's Hebei Province on Saturday night. The piano concerto consists of five movements, including famous folk songs from China and ten ASEAN countries namely Singapore, Vietnam, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia and Indonesia. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TYMUR MELNYK, Austrian violinist "I think it's a wonderf

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Torch relay begins for 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia

STORY: Torch relay begins for 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia DATELINE: March 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:23 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the SEA Games torch-lighting ceremony 2. various of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni lighting the torch of the SEA Games 3. various of athletes carrying SEA Games torch in a parade STORYLINE: The torch relay for the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Cambodia began on Tuesday, with 45 days to go until the start of the biennial regional multi-sport event. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni, accompanied by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen, presided over the torch-lighting ceremony held at the famed Angkor Wat temple in northwest Siem Reap province. The torch was then carried, circling Angkor Wat, and on March 22, it will leave Cambodia to tour other Southeast Asian nations including Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. The torch will return to Cambodia on April 27. Cambodia w

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Suu Kyi returns home from Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (2nd from L) arrives at Bangkok's international airport to return home on June 3, 2012. Suu Kyi visited Thailand on her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi returns home from Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) arrives at Bangkok's international airport to return home on June 3, 2012. Suu Kyi visited Thailand on her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi at refugee camp in Thailand

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves as she boards an airplane after visiting Mae La refugee camp near Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on June 2, 2012. The camp houses about 50,000 ethnic Karen and other Myanmar refugees. Suu Kyi is in Thailand on her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi at refugee camp in Thailand

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi answers reporters' questions after visiting Mae La refugee camp near Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on June 2, 2012. The camp houses about 50,000 ethnic Karen and other Myanmar refugees. Suu Kyi is in Thailand on her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gives a press conference after the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok on June 1, 2012. Suu Kyi delivered a speech at the forum.

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Suu Kyi in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gives a press conference after the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok on June 1, 2012. Suu Kyi delivered a speech at the forum.

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Suu Kyi in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) attends a dinner party hosted by Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in Bangkok on May 31, 2012. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand is her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi, Yingluck

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) shakes hands with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ahead of a dinner party in Bangkok on May 31, 2012. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand is her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi in Thaialnd

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech to migrant workers from Myanmar in Samut Sakhon near Bangkok on May 31, 2012. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand was her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi in Thaialnd

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) smiles after delivering a speech to migrant workers from Myanmar in Samut Sakhon near Bangkok on May 31, 2012. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand was her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi in Thailand

SAMUT SAKHON, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech to migrant workers from Myanmar in Samut Sakhon near Bangkok on May 30, 2012. Suu Kyi's visit to Thailand was her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi visits Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gives a speech before migrant workers from Myanmar in Samut Sakhon near Bangkok on May 30, 2012. Her visit to Thailand was her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi visits Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) waves to migrant workers from Myanmar in Samut Sakhon near Bangkok on May 30, 2012. Her visit to Thailand was her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi arrives at Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives at Bangkok airport in Thailand on May 29, 2012. She plans to attend the World Economic Forum on East Asia in the Thailand capital during her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi arrives at Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives at Bangkok airport in Thailand on May 29, 2012. She plans to attend the World Economic Forum on East Asia in the Thailand capital during her first overseas trip in 24 years.

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EU foreign policy chief Ashton in Myanmar

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and EU foreign policy chief Catherin Ashton hold a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 28, 2012.

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Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar refugees arrive at a facility of the International Organization for Migration in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on Sept. 22, 2010, ahead of their departure for Japan. They were in the first group of Myanmar refugees to resettle in Japan from a refugee camp in Mera under a pilot program.

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Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar refugees arrive at a facility of the International Organization for Migration in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on Sept. 22, 2010, ahead of their departure for Japan. They were in the first group of Myanmar refugees to resettle in Japan from a refugee camp in Mera under a pilot program.

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Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar refugees rest at a facility of the International Organization for Migration in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on Sept. 22, 2010, ahead of their departure for Japan. They were in the first group of Myanmar refugees to resettle in Japan from a refugee camp in Mera under a pilot program.

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Gen. Aung San's death remembered in Yangon

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar junta officials commemorate the death of the country's independence hero Gen. Aung San at a ceremony in Yangon, Myanmar, on July 19, 2010. The junta organized the memorial event for the father of Aung San Suu Kyi, a pro-democracy leader in the country, separately from her supporters.

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New bridge opened between northern Thailand, Myanmar

MAE SAI, Thailand - People from Thailand and Myanmar walk across a second bridge over the Mae Sai River between the Thai border town of Mae Sai and Myanmar's Tachilek on Jan. 22 during a ceremony to mark the official opening of the bridge.

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Gen. Aung San's death remembered in Yangon

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar junta officials commemorate the death of the country's independence hero Gen. Aung San at a ceremony in Yangon, Myanmar, on July 19, 2010. The junta organized the memorial event for the father of Aung San Suu Kyi, a pro-democracy leader in the country, separately from her supporters. (Kyodo)

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New bridge opened between northern Thailand, Myanmar

MAE SAI, Thailand - People from Thailand and Myanmar walk across a second bridge over the Mae Sai River between the Thai border town of Mae Sai and Myanmar's Tachilek on Jan. 22 during a ceremony to mark the official opening of the bridge. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar refugees arrive at a facility of the International Organization for Migration in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on Sept. 22, 2010, ahead of their departure for Japan. They were in the first group of Myanmar refugees to resettle in Japan from a refugee camp in Mera under a pilot program. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar refugees rest at a facility of the International Organization for Migration in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on Sept. 22, 2010, ahead of their departure for Japan. They were in the first group of Myanmar refugees to resettle in Japan from a refugee camp in Mera under a pilot program. (Kyodo)

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Myanmar refugees on way to Japan

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar refugees arrive at a facility of the International Organization for Migration in Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on Sept. 22, 2010, ahead of their departure for Japan. They were in the first group of Myanmar refugees to resettle in Japan from a refugee camp in Mera under a pilot program. (Kyodo)

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EU foreign policy chief Ashton in Myanmar

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and EU foreign policy chief Catherin Ashton hold a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 28, 2012. (Kyodo)