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People wait outside a shop where face masks and vitamins are being given away in Mandalay, Myanmar

6.2 million Burmese could go hungry by October. It’s the worst situation in ‘living memory,’ UN official says.

Food

Stephen Anderson, country director of the World Food Program, spoke with The World's Marco Werman about the dire situation, from Myanmar's capital city, Naypyidaw.

6.2 million Burmese could go hungry by October. It’s the worst situation in ‘living memory,’ UN official says.
Zin Mar Aung of Myanmar (center) receives congratulations from First Lady Michelle Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she receives a State Department 2012 International Women of Courage Award.

Myanmar's military regime says it's making way for democracy, but this activist says freedom is a long way off

Justice
Myanmar's military regime says it's making way for democracy, but this activist says freedom is a long way off