Despite being ruled by the “glorious and wonderful government” of Than Shwe and his cronies things continue to get worse and worse in Myanmar. According to the United Nations there is still little progress towards fixing the damage caused by Cyclone Nargis earlier this year.
Officially at least 140,000 people died but many believe the true death toll may actually be closer to 500,000. According to the relief agencies by now they should be in the process of rebuilding homes, schools and other facilities but so far very little seems to have been done.
Unfortunately these kinds of stories tend to attract a lot of attention for a few days and then fall under the radar. It is sad to say that there will probably be very little done to help the suffering people of Burma/Myanmar.