Myanmar Junta’s Affirms December Election Despite Earthquake Chaos

UN special envoy Julie Bishop makes trip to war-torn Myanmar after devastating earthquake

The U.N.’s special envoy for Myanmar, Australia’s Julie Bishop, has met with the military-run nation’s foreign minister. Her mission followed a massive earthquake that killed more than 3,600 people and in the larger context of the country’s civil war. Myanmar’s…

Myanmar jolted by earthquake; military regime shaken

Two powerful earthquakes jolted and devastated Myanmar, causing widespread death, destruction and dislocation for a country already reeling from the effects of ongoing civil conflict. The 7.7-scale qu...

Myanmar Junta’s Affirms December Election Despite Earthquake Chaos

The biggest obstacle to the election will not be damage from the disaster but rather the fraught political position that prevails in much of the country.

UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Myanmar following earthquake

The United Nations (UN) warned on Tuesday that the humanitarian situation in Myanmar is worsening following the two earthquakes that struck the country on March 28. The UN emphasized the need for international cooperation to help restore livelihoods and prevent similar events from having such devastating impacts in the future. Titon Mitra, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Representative in Myanmar, stated that the consecutive earthqu…

An operator tells AsiaNews about the situation in the areas affected by the earthquake at the end of March: the military often blocks cargo, fueling fear and uncertainty. The regime, committed to rebuilding its offices instead of bringing relief to the population, would like to hide the displaced. No coordinated effort to extract the bodies of the dead from the rubble. “Huge needs, but we can still reach the most vulnerable.”

Myanmar earthquake: thousands left to die by military junta

On 28 March, a devastating and massively destructive earthquake of magnitude 7.7 struck Myanmar with its epicenter just 10 kilometres below the surface, near Mandalay, the country’s second largest city.