Myanmar

Rescuers sift through Myanmar earthquake debris as window to find survivors closes

4:09am March 31, 2025

by Michel Martin

With many of those trapped potentially having sustained serious injuries, and unable to access food or water, operators are now locked in a race against time to get them out before it's too late.

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

3:03am March 29, 2025

The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,600 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed.

A major earthquake kills over 1,000 in Myanmar. Here's what we know

5:15am March 28, 2025

A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake killed over 1,000 people near the epicenter in Myanmar. In neighboring Thailand, several were killed when a high-rise tower collapsed.

Over 7,000 from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after crackdown

12:55am February 27, 2025

Trapped in virtual slavery, many are lured to work in scam centers where they exploit people around the world through false romances, bogus investment pitches and illegal gambling schemes.

China repatriates more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar

5:32am February 20, 2025

Thailand, China and Myanmar have coordinated efforts over the past month to shut down the scam centers that bilked victims around the world out of billions of dollars.

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

5:41am December 23, 2024

Former U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell argues the United States should assert its leadership in helping shape Myanmar's peaceful, just and democratic future.

This photo provided by Kyaw Ko Lin shows a view of Laukkaing city in Shan state, Myanmar on Nov. 20. Myanmar's military government has acknowledged that it withdrew its forces from the city.

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Myanmar says an ethnic alliance has seized a key city bordering China

9:32am January 06, 2024

by The Associated Press

The military government acknowledged it withdrew forces from a city on the northeastern border with China after it was taken over by an alliance of ethnic armed groups it has been battling for months.

Arfat Ahmed, age 10, photographed on Nov. 8, 2022 as he returns to his family's dwelling with gourd leaves to cook for dinner. This is one of the photos by the four Rohingya photographers honored for drawing attention to the plight of what the U.N. has called the "world's most persecuted minority."

Prize-winning photos by Rohingya: Unseen life in the world's largest refugee camp

2:43pm December 22, 2023

by Gabriel Spitzer

Since 2017 nearly a million Rohingya people have languished in camps in Bangladesh. Four young Rohingya are being honored by the U.N. refugee agency for documenting their life in vivid photos.

Rescue workers remove the fallen tress after a storm in Teknaf, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Bangladesh and Myanmar braced Sunday as a severe cyclone started to hit coastal areas and authorities urged thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter.

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A powerful cyclone has made landfall in Myanmar, killing at least three

7:26am May 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing the roofs off buildings and killing at least three people.

Rohingya refugees look on after a major fire in their Balukhali camp at Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 5, 2023.

Massive fire tears through a crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

4:09pm March 06, 2023

by Destinee Adams

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to UNICEF's Ezatullah Majeed about a fire in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh that displaced thousands of people who had fled a military crackdown in Myanmar.

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