Myanmar's top military leader grabbed a shovel and planted a tree at a huge environmental event yesterday. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing joined thousands of people for the country's second big tree-planting ceremony of 2025. The massive green campaign happened at Yanaungmyin forest reserve near the capital city. Officials want to turn Myanmar into a forest paradise that covers half the entire country. The general stuck a neem sapling into the ground as cameras rolled.
Government workers planted 3,000 baby trees from 18 different species during the ceremony. Myanmar currently protects about one-quarter of its land as forest reserves and conservation areas. The military government dreams of boosting that number to an amazing 50 percent...