Myanmar, Junta and Earthquake
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TIME |
“We need and want the international community to provide humanitarian aid,” said spokesman Gen. Zaw Min Tun in the immediate aftermath of the tremors.
Associated Press |
The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said Monday, as accounts of some people’s last moments emerged: Two hundred Buddhist monks crushed by a colla...
The New York Times |
More than 2,700 people have died as buildings there and in neighboring Thailand collapsed, according to the ruling authoritarian military leaders of Myanmar.
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Myanmar’s crisis has reached unprecedented levels, marked by mass displacement, environmental devastation caused by militarization, widespread human trafficking through scam centers and the inhumane treatment of political prisoners.
Over 1600 people have now been confirmed to have died in a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, the country's deadliest disaster in years. Crews are now searching for survivors as international aid begins to arrive.
On this day in 2021, Min Aung Hlaing’s army killed over 100 people across Myanmar while they peacefully protested against the February 1 coup.
Recovery efforts from the earthquake in Myanmar are slow-moving. The country is grappling with the natural disaster plus an ongoing humanitarian crisis amid the civil war since 2021. The death toll has now risen past 2,
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(Reuters) -United Nations officials who surveyed earthquake damage in Myanmar urged the global community on Tuesday to ramp up aid before the looming monsoon season worsens already catastrophic conditions,