Death toll in Myanmar quake passes 2,000
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In Myanmar, the death toll has climbed to 2,056, with more than 3,900 people injured and 270 people reported missing, according to the Myanmar Military Junta.
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The International Rescue Committee (IRC), started by Albert Einstein in 1933, said help is drastically needed, including “medical care, clean drinking water, tents, food and other basic necessities.”
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Myanmar, Thailand and earthquake
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Over 2,000 people were killed when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked a vast expanse of Southeast Asia, especially Myanmar and Thailand.
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Signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that killed at leas...
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The UN says the earthquake has compounded "an already dire crisis" in Myanmar, which is in the midst of a four-year civil war.
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Poorly paid migrant workers from Myanmar have built many of Bangkok’s glittering high-rises, including the one that collapsed in Friday’s earthquake.
Myanmar's deadliest natural disaster in years has strengthened the position of ruling general Min Aung Hlaing, by opening diplomatic channels closed for four years after his junta ousted an elected government to unleash a brutal civil war.
From May 1, all foreign visitors to Thailand must complete a digital arrival card designed to streamline entry procedures in the country.
Startled residents were evacuated down staircases of high-rise condominiums and hotels in Bangkok. In Myanmar's Naypyitaw, the quake damaged religious shrines and some homes.
All leaders of member countries of the BIMSTEC grouping are still scheduled to join this week's summit in Bangkok, although the attendance of Myanmar's junta leader remains unclear after an earthquake in that country,
STORY: Rescuers pulled a woman from the wreckage of a hotel in Myanmar days after a massive earthquake in the Southeast Asian country last week that killed at least 2,000 people.China's Xinhua news agency reported that several others were freed from collapsed buildings in Mandalay,
A U.S. team has yet to arrive in Myanmar after last week’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake, while China has already rescued six people and committed $14 million in humanitarian aid.
Thai authorities see "something suspicious" in Bangkok building collapse as earthquake devastation in Myanmar comes slowly into focus.