Earthquakes are devastating for those who have lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods, but for military dictators clinging to power, such disasters can also bring opportunity. The junta is headed by a ...

Myanmar heads to the polls on Sunday as it battles a civil war that has ravaged parts of the country as well as one of Asia's ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said Monday, as accounts of some people’s last moments emerged: Two hundred Buddhist monks ...

April 28, 2025 — One month since the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar, killing more than 3,800 people, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has reached over 10,133 people ...

Burmese rescuers work through the rubble of a collapsed building in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Thursday, April 3, 2025, after a devastating earthquake on March 28. AP BANGKOK — The death toll from the ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Two months after a deadly earthquake ravaged much of central and northeastern Myanmar, recovery is just inching along, with huge numbers of people living in temporary shelters while ...

Myanmar faces a severe humanitarian crisis and ongoing civil war following a 2021 military coup. The conflict has led to ...

When a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar in March 2025, thousands of people were affected. But for many older people, the disaster has only deepened long-standing exclusion and hardship. A ...

In Mandalay, the second biggest city in Myanmar, the vast majority of people were living outside after the quake. When a storm hit the city shortly after, it became a crisis upon crisis for people.

YANGON (Sept. 26, 2025)—A deadly earthquake that struck Myanmar six months ago has exacerbated an already dire humanitarian crisis and has left 9.3 million people, or one sixth of the population,[1] ...

Polls opened in Myanmar on Sunday kick-starting a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, ...