Title : A Case Study on New Village Movement in Myanmar (Tha Nat Pin and East Phaunggyi) 

Keywords : new village movement (Saemaul Undong), rural development, spiritual reform

Authors : Lae Mon Thein

Description : The objective of this paper is to know about the New Village Movement (Saemaul Undong) in Myanmar and to compare the different between New Village Movement of Korea and Myanmar. The research method is mainly descriptive based on current situations of two villages in Myanmar. Primary data are collected in Myanmar to highlight the current level of two villages through a survey on  The findings from the survey reveal that New Village Movement in Myanmar is weak in participation of local people, the effort of village leaders, presence of incentive scheme for the development, spiritual reform and vision and commitment of local people. Some of the good practices, of the SMU model of South Korea should be studied and adopted to develop the all 68,000 villages through these two villages