Tag: Myanmar

Earthquake in Myanmar: Military Junta Reports Over 3,300 Dead and Urgent Humanitarian Needs
Myanmar Earthquake: Over 3,300 Dead, 17 Million Affected as 7.7 Quake Ravages Mandalay & Sagaing. Urgent needs for clean water, shelter, medical aid. International rescue teams deployed. Learn more about relief efforts. Related: Myanmar Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 2,719 The military junta in power in Myanmar raised the death toll to 3,354 on Saturday […]
April 5, 2025

Myanmar Earthquake Death Toll Rises to 2,719
Doctors Without Borders informed that the lack of clean drinking water threatens to worsen the situation in this country. On Tuesday, the military junta, which has held power in Myanmar since the 2021 coup, raised the death toll to 2,719 and the number of injured to 4,521 following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck the north-central […]
April 1, 2025

State of Emergency in Myanmar After an Earthquake That Left Hundreds Dead
The death toll could reach at least 1,000 people, the USGS forecasts. On Friday, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake shook central-northern Myanmar, leaving hundreds dead and injured across the country, where the military government declared a state of emergency. RELATED: Earthquakes in Myanmar Severely Affect Public Infrastructure The tremor was recorded at 12:50 p.m. local time, at […]
March 28, 2025

Earthquakes in Myanmar Severely Affect Public Infrastructure
The 7.7-magnitude quake was also felt in Thailand, where the seismic movement also caused buildings to collapse. On Friday, Marie Manrique, the coordinator of the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), stated that key infrastructure in Myanmar had been affected by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in the northwest of the country, which was followed minutes […]
March 28, 2025

Nicaragua Salutes Myanmar on Its Independence Day
On January 4, 1948, Myanmar achieved independence from the United Kingdom. On Saturday, Myanmar will commemorate another anniversary of its independence from the United Kingdom, achieved in 1948. Formerly known as Burma, this Southeast Asian nation was under British colonial rule for 124 years, beginning in 1824 with the outbreak of the First Anglo-Burmese War. […]
January 3, 2025

Burmese Ethnic Guerrillas Control the Border With Bangladesh
The Arakan Army rose up against the military junta in October 2023. On Wednesday, the Arakan Army (AA), a guerrilla group fighting against the military junta in western Myanmar, seized control of the entire border between Myanmar and Bangladesh. RELATED: Nearly 300 Dead and up to 89 Missing After Floods in Myanmar The rebels managed […]
December 11, 2024

Nearly 300 Dead and up to 89 Missing After Floods in Myanmar
According to the official media report, more than 160,000 citizens are now refugees in 425 emergency camps set up to provide aid to those affected. Myanmar’s military junta confirmed the tragic death toll of at least 293 and 89 missing persons due to severe flooding in the country since last week. Related:Myanmar Military Junta Denies […]
September 20, 2024

Myanmar Military Junta Denies Military the Existence of a Coup and Denies Arrest of Its Leader
He faces criticism for the advance of an alliance of armed rebel groups that took control in Shan state, in northern China. The Myanmar military junta denied on Wednesday reports of the arrest of its leader, General Min Aung Hlaing, in the capital city of Naypyidó, amid an alleged coup within the armed forces. RELATED:Explosion […]
August 14, 2024

Explosion in Myanmar Leaves One Child Dead and 23 Others Injured
On Wednesday, in a primary school in the Tanintharyi region of southern Myanmar, an explosion killed one child and injured 23 people.