NPR

'Am I going to survive?': Myanmar's quake death toll jumps to more than 1,600

BANGKOK — It was the noise that first alerted Chit Thae Thae Zaw that something might be wrong. On the 5th floor of her university dormitory building, she wasn't used to the rumbling sound coming from ...
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Myanmar's military strikes village in glider raid, killing at least 24 people including children

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military carried out a paraglider strike on a village that killed at least 24 people including children, and wounded more than 50 others, according to a member of a resistance ...
NPR

How hopes for Myanmar's democracy faded and why leadership is needed (again)

Derek Mitchell served as the U.S. ambassador to Myanmar between 2012 and 2016, the first U.S. envoy since 1990. He is now a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), ...
CNN

Myanmar’s junta ends four-year state of emergency ahead of planned elections – but top general still in charge

Myanmar’s military on Thursday nominally transferred power to a civilian-led interim government ahead of a planned election, with the junta chief remaining in charge of the war-torn country in his ...
CNN

Desperate search for survivors in Myanmar as death toll surges past 1,600

• Deadly quake hits Myanmar: Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors in Myanmar after the largest earthquake in more than a century flattened buildings. More than 1,600 people are dead, ...
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Myanmar's military strikes village in glider raid, killing at 40 people, including children

BANGKOK: Myanmar’s military carried out a paraglider strike on a village that killed at least 24 to 40 people including children, and wounded more than 50 others, according to a member of a resistance ...