The body lay wrapped in a maroon robe as a small cluster of mourners gathered last week to pay their respects. Buddhist monks chanted verses, praying for the deceased, who had been one of them. One monk, Ashin Javanar Linkhara,…
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Why Earthquake Relief Is Slow to Reach Myanmar
Seven days after an earthquake devastated Turkey in 2023, French volunteers used a suitcase-size radar to locate a survivor under the rubble. It was one of many lives the device helped save in the aftermath of the disaster. The group…
Ignoring Protests, Thailand Opens Door to Myanmar’s Military Leader
For years, Myanmar’s army chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, has been treated like a pariah on the global stage. General Min Aung Hlaing has made few overseas trips, other than to Russia and China, since he seized power in…
Senators Denounce Trump Administration’s Response to Myanmar Quake
Democratic senators sent a letter to the Trump administration on Wednesday criticizing what they called the paltry U.S. aid response to the earthquake in Myanmar, where China and Russia have sent rescue and relief teams. The six senators said in…
Myanmar Quake Death Toll Tops 2,000 as Help is Slow for War-Torn Sagaing
Three days after Myanmar’s worst earthquake in more than a century ravaged the remote, war-torn city of Sagaing, razing monasteries and apartment buildings, help was still just starting to trickle in. The city’s 300,000 residents had been left to largely…
Myanmar Earthquake Aid Complicated by Its Isolation
Myanmar’s long isolation and its internal instability are likely to complicate the global humanitarian aid response to the earthquake that struck on Friday, despite a rare plea for outside help from the country’s military-dominated government. “We need and want the…
Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar
China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The United States, the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has sent nothing.…
In Myanmar, Earthquake Aftershocks and Airstrikes Terrorize Residents
Myo Zaw and his team of volunteer rescue workers were the first to arrive at the site where a three-story house had collapsed in Mandalay, a little after 8 p.m. on Saturday. They were digging through the rubble with their…
Building in Bangkok Topples After Powerful Earthquake
The 33-floor skyscraper shook, and then in a flash it crumbled, its glass facade cascading down into a heap of rubble. Construction workers on the site scurried for safety as a massive dust cloud billowed out. On the street outside,…
Myanmar Earthquake Toll Surpasses 1,600 Dead Amid Search for Survivors
The official death toll of the earthquake that shattered central Myanmar surpassed 1,600 people, the country’s military leaders said on Saturday, as desperate rescue workers raced to find survivors and began grappling with a monumental disaster in a nation already…