Myanmar's military regime has asked China for help implementing a new electronic identification system, state media reported on Wednesday, for a census that critics say will be used to increase surveillance of its opponents.
BY AFP
Under the shadow of Myanmar's famed Golden Rock Pagoda punters haggle for the latest traditional medicine cure — slices of skin from the country's fast disappearing wild elephants.
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