Myanmar quake death toll tops 3,000 as junta hampers aid efforts
Read RFA coverage of these topics in Burmese. The death toll from the devastating Myanmar earthquake rose past 3,000 on Thursday, according to the country’s...
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Myanmar junta admits its troops fired on Chinese convoy sent for quake aid
Read coverage of this topic in Burmese. Junta soldiers opened fire at a Chinese convoy of passenger vehicles carrying emergency supplies in northern Myanmar, the...
VIDEOS: ‘We’re trapped in here!’ Scenes of rescues from the Myanmar quake
Digging with their bare hands, rescuers in Myanmar have pulled several trapped people to safety in the days following a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake, videos circulating...
Myanmar’s junta continues airstrikes, hampering search for earthquake survivors
BANGKOK – Junta airstrikes continued to hamper rescue workers and aid agencies trying to help the survivors of last week’s massive Myanmar earthquake. Adding to...
Myanmar quake death toll rises above 2,000, military junta says
The death toll from Myanmar’s magnitude 7.7 earthquake rose to 2,056 people, the country’s military junta announced Monday on state-run TV, as rescue workers searched...
Search for survivors continues 3 days after massive quake hit Myanmar, Thailand
BANGKOK – Rescuers in Myanmar and Thailand continued their search for survivors Monday, saying signs of life were still being detected following the 7.7 magnitude...
Migrant workers face grim wait after Bangkok high-rise collapse
BANGKOK – Hnin Nu Yee, a migrant worker from Myanmar, was on the ground floor of a high-rise office in Bangkok tending to construction trash...
UN averts drastic food aid cuts for Rohingya in Bangladesh
Read this story on BenarNews DHAKA, Bangladesh — The United Nations food agency said it managed to avoid drastic food aid cuts to Rohingya refugees...
Myanmar pardons four Thai fishermen, expecting release soon: Thai PM
BANGKOK – Myanmar has pardoned four Thai fishermen detained in the country since last November after they allegedly ventured into its territorial waters, Thailand announced...
Rescuers in Myanmar, Thailand hunt for quake survivors as death toll passes 1,000
Updated March 29, 2025, 05:00 a.m ET. BANGKOK – The death toll from Myanmar’s massive earthquake soared past 1,000 on Saturday, the country’s junta said,...
