article_snippet: Authorities have managed to rescue at least 167 people, according to the information ministry for Myanmar, which is also known as Burma.
article_snippet: Pictures from Myanmar ( showed rescue workers helping people off a boat onto the land.
article_snippet: several boats carrying as many as 150 people were carrying Rohingya, members of Myanmar's long-suffering Muslim minority, Thailand-based U.N. official Kirsten Mildren said at the time.
article_snippet: Journalist Manny Muang reported from Myanmar, and CNN's Greg Botelho wrote this story from Atlanta.
highlights_snippet: 167 people have been rescued, Myanmar ( says .
  