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Peter Popham speaks to a monk about the devastation the 7.7 magnitude tremor has wrought on the town of Mingun – a few miles ...
Here’s what to know about the challenges from the natural disaster—compounded by ongoing civil war—and where the country ...
The surprise announcement by the unelected government said the halt in fighting would run until April 22 to show compassion ...
The death toll in Myanmar has surpassed 3,000, with more than 4,500 people injured, according to state television MRTV. Yet ...
The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar has been plagued by wars and natural disasters since it became independent from Britain ...
Even before a powerful 7.7-magnitude quake hit Myanmar, more than 3 million people in the country faced displacement.
Damage is reported in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city (which lies 600km away from the epicentre) and in Naypyidaw, the country ...
The head of Myanmar’s military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, told a forum for relief donations in Naypyitaw that 2 ...
The massive earthquake in Myanmar has exacerbated the country’s existing crises, and will likely worsen instability rather ...
In our news wrap Wednesday, the death toll from the earthquake in Myanmar surpassed 3,000 as relief efforts are hampered by ...
Extreme heat and heavy rain in Myanmar could cause disease outbreaks among earthquake survivors camping in the open, global ...
The earthquake’s epicenter was near the country’s second-largest city Mandalay, and so far the military-run government has ...