Thursday, 11 October 2007

Poverty driving Burmese workers east

Zaw Aung left Burma because he could not afford to feed his family. The 31-year-old worked as a farm labourer near the new capital, Naypyidaw. But his wages did not cover basic necessities for his wife and three young children, and he could not find a better job.

Link to BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Poverty driving Burmese workers east