Powerful earthquake hits Myanmar and Thailand, killing more than 150 people
Updated at 12:40 pm ET on March 28, 2025. BANGKOK – Rescuers scrambled to save people buried beneath collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake struck...
Category : Myanmar
PHOTOS: From Bangkok to Mandalay, scenes of destruction from a deadly quake
A massive earthquake rocked the heart of mainland Southeast Asia on Friday, causing deadly destruction in Myanmar and in the Thai capital. The magnitude 7.7...
Arakan Army to begin conscription in Myanmar’s west
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. One of Myanmar’s most powerful rebel armies will begin conscription for all residents over 18 years old,...
Myanmar junta announces schedule for December, January election
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Myanmar junta has announced that the election it plans to hold in December and January would be...
Junta chief vows to hike defense budget, seeking to expand global presence
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Myanmar’s junta chief said the military would increase the defense budget, while seeking to expand his international...
Anti-coup medical workers under attack while tackling Myanmar’s health care gap
Thiha Tin Htun, a 26-year-old doctor, is one of the 135 medical professionals that Myanmar’s junta authorities have killed since their military coup d’etat four...
Myanmar junta admits misconduct in its controversial conscription scheme
Read RFA coverage of this story in Burmese. Myanmar junta’s top official said there had been misconduct in its conscription scheme – the military’s first...
Junta offensives leave 4 dead, thousands displaced in northwest Myanmar
Read RFA coverage of these topics in Burmese. Junta attacks on Thursday claimed four lives in northwest Myanmar, where tens of thousands displaced residents remain...
Myanmar’s junta drops ‘more than 500’ bombs on Chin state town during week of clashes
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. An intense battle is underway in western Myanmar as junta troops attempt to re-take Falam, the second-biggest...
Video: Burmese refugees come together for violin lessons in Thai border town
MAE SOT, Thailand — Phoe San was one of thousands of Burmese migrants who fled to the Thai border town of Mae Sot after Myanmar’s...
