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The head of Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new ...
BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday, and an ...
BANGKOK — Chinese rescuers have freed six people from the rubble of an earthquake in Myanmar, including a child and a pregnant woman, Chinese state media reported Monday, placing Beijing at the ...
The UN special envoy for Myanmar, Julie Bishop, has made her second visit to the military-ruled nation since her appointment last year, meeting with the foreign minister as the country recovers ...
MANILA, Philippines — One of four Filipinos missing after last month's devastating Myanmar earthquake has been found dead, the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Wednesday, April 9.
A total of 98 aftershocks have hit Myanmar since a devastating earthquake struck the country, according to the country's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology on Tuesday. These tremors ranged in ...
Old photos of a meditation exercise in Myanmar surfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed they depicted casualties of a magnitude 7.7 quake that struck the Southeast Asian country in late ...
Just six months later, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake ripped through central Myanmar. It was the most severe seismic event to hit the country’s mainland in nearly eight decades. So far, more than ...
This file photo taken on Feb. 26, 2025, shows foreign nationals gathered in a building at a scam center near Myawaddy, eastern Myanmar. (Kyodo) NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- In the wake of the rescue of two ...
Myanmar’s deadly earthquake has exposed the vacuum left by the United States’ retreat from foreign aid, prompting calls for Asean to assert leadership before major powers like China shape the ...
Fighting has been reported in Myanmar despite the military junta and a rebel group alliance announcing temporary ceasefires to support earthquake relief. As of Friday, the military had carried out ...
People in Myanmar's earthquake-stricken areas braced for thunderstorms late Sunday, after heavy rains and winds the previous night disrupted rescue and relief operations and added to the misery of ...