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...
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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,...
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...
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,...
