Supreme Patriarch urges all temples to pray for Lao victims

23 Sept 03:44 Key points summarised by AI

The Supreme Patriarch ordered all Northeast temples to gather food and necessities for Lao flood victims and instructed monks nationwide to pray, personally donating one million baht.
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Company, a main dam stakeholder, donated five million baht to the Lao government and sent staff to coordinate relief and temporary utilities.
The Xe-Pian Xe Namnoy dam collapse flooded six villages in Attapeu province, displacing approximately 6,000 people and leaving hundreds missing.
A relief coordinating center was established at the Chong Mek border point to manage public donations, while officials investigate the saddle dam's collapse.

Detained Suu Kyi receives UK royal package: Myanmar govt

Today 03:08 Key points summarised by AI

Myanmar's detained Nobel laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, received a package from Britain's King Charles III, which included two gardening books, a sealed envelope, and diplomatic communication.
The event marked the first release of images of Suu Kyi in two months and saw Myanmar authorities describe her as a "special female prisoner" for the first time.
Suu Kyi, who was deposed in a 2021 military coup that triggered an ongoing civil war, remains under house arrest on charges that rights groups contend are politically motivated.