UN urges relief efforts in Myanmar as earthquake death toll rises
The confirmed death toll from last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 3,354, as U.N. agencies and foreign aid donors continued to ramp up their emergency relief efforts.
Myanmar junta chief meets foreign leaders, UN says military choking aid
Myanmar's ostracised junta chief met the leaders of India and Thailand during a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, and the ...
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Focus turns to a growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, week after catastrophic earthquake
The quake worsened an already dire crisis with more than 3 million people displaced from their homes and nearly 20 million in ...
Post-earthquake ceasefires in Myanmar offer rare opportunity for disaster diplomacy
Temporary ceasefires announced by warring groups in Myanmar in the wake of last week’s devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake ...
Myanmar's military declares a ceasefire to ease quake relief as deaths pass 3,000
Myanmar’s ruling military has declared a temporary ceasefire in the country’s civil war to facilitate relief efforts ...
Junta chief to leave quake-striken Myanmar for summit, aid groups clamour for access
Myanmar's ostracised leader Min Aung Hlaing will leave his disaster-stricken country for a rare trip to a regional summit, as ...
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Son of ousted Myanmar leader speaks to NPR about her imprisonment
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kim Aris, son of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, about her imprisonment and why he's ...
In a moment to show leadership, Myanmar's junta chief drops bombs and shuts out journalists
Multiple Western aid agencies said they have struggled to get personnel into Myanmar as the ruling junta leads the response to the country's largest natural disaster in years.
Survivors still being found from Myanmar earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700
Friday's earthquake was the second most powerful in Myanmar's recorded history after a magnitude 8 quake east of Mandalay in ...
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Local Myanmar community focuses on aid after devastating earthquake
Community organizer Miemie Winn Byrd told HPR that there are about 100 families from Myanmar in the islands who worry for ...