Myanmar

Bangladesh bazar life captured: Young Rohingya photographers dream through snapshots<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2021//10//01//report-into-the-abuse-of-rohingya-women-wins-top-eu-media-prize/">Report into the abuse of Rohingya women wins top EU media prize<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//03//05//refugees-left-homeless-after-blaze-ravages-rohingya-camp-in-bangladesh/">Refugees left homeless after blaze ravages Rohingya camp in Bangladesh<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The UN envoy said she detected \"some openness to political dialogue with some regional support, but there is not yet broader agreement on how to move forward.\"<\/p>\n<p>In meetings with the country's leaders, Bishop said she encouraged them to reconsider their strategy, which has left the country more divided.<\/p>\n<p>She also warned against elections, planned for December or January, saying they risk fuelling greater resistance and instability unless there is an end to the violence and they can be held in an inclusive and transparent way.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop said she has been coordinating further action with Othman Hashim, the special envoy for Myanmar from the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and they agreed to visit Myanmar together.<\/p>\n<p>The UN envoy said she had a meeting online on Monday with representatives of the Rohingya minority from Myanmar and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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Myanmar\u2019s northern Rakhine state remains dire, with up to 80% of civilians living in poverty and caught in crossfire between the government's military forces and the Arakan Army, the well-armed military wing of the Rakhine ethnic minority, and \"subject to forced recruitment and other abuses.\"<\/p>\n<p>More than 700,000 Muslim Rohingya fled to Bangladesh from\u00a0Myanmar starting in late August 2017 when Myanmar\u2019s military launched a \"clearance operation.\"<\/p>\n<p>Members of the ethnic group face discrimination and are denied citizenship and other rights in the Buddhist-majority nation.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop said there's hope that a high-level conference on the Rohingya and other minorities called for by the UN General Assembly on 30 September will put a spotlight on the urgency of finding \"durable solutions\" to their plight.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1749660086,"updatedAt":1749663145,"publishedAt":1749663102,"firstPublishedAt":1749663102,"lastPublishedAt":1749663102,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/32\/45\/52\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_86f2169d-0e4f-5ac6-9b8d-b6b4e9f0a5f2-9324552.jpg","altText":"A man looks on at homes destroyed after air and artillery strikes in Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp in Laiza, 10 October, 2023","caption":"A man looks on at homes destroyed after air and artillery strikes in Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp in Laiza, 10 October, 2023","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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JET DOWNED","daletPyramidId":1779256,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Myanmar military junta fighter jet shot down near Mandalay, rebel group claims","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Myanmar military fighter jet shot down, rebel group claims","titleListing2":"Myanmar military junta fighter jet shot down near Mandalay, rebel group claims","leadin":"Sagaing region is a stronghold of armed resistance to the ruling military junta, which seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.","summary":"Sagaing region is a stronghold of armed resistance to the ruling military junta, which seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.","keySentence":"","url":"myanmar-military-junta-fighter-jet-shot-down-near-mandalay-rebel-group-claims","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/06\/10\/myanmar-military-junta-fighter-jet-shot-down-near-mandalay-rebel-group-claims","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A military junta fighter jet crashed and burned in Myanmar on Tuesday in an area that has seen intense fighting during\u00a0the civil war, with one rebel group claiming to have shot it down while state-run media said it had suffered a mechanical failure.\n\nThe aircraft went down in the Sagaing region, about 140 kilometres west of Mandalay,\u00a0Myanmar's second-largest city, state-run television MRTV reported.\n\nIt did not identify the type of jet or mention casualties and said a search and recovery effort was underway in Pale township where it went down.\n\nLocal media reports identified the plane as the two-seater Chinese FTC-2000G, a fighter ground-attack jet and broadcast images of a crashed plane with body parts nearby.\n\nSagaing region is a stronghold of armed resistance to the ruling military junta, which seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.\n\nOpposition to the takeover began peacefully, but escalated into a civil war as the authorities resorted increasingly to lethal force in a bid to quell dissent.\n\nNi Ni Kyaw, a spokesperson for a militia known as the People's Liberation Army (PLA), told The Associated Press its fighters had been involved in an assault on a police station in Pale township when they shot down the jet at 12:30 pm on Tuesday.\n\nShe said the military's jets had dropped hundreds of bombs in the area over the past week in support of ground troops fighting against the PLA and other resistance groups.\n\nThe PLA posted a video and pictures of the jet's smoking wreckage in a Pale township village.\n\nThe military has\u00a0increasingly used air strikes to counter the\u00a0widespread armed struggle against its rule, relying primarily on aircraft from Russia and China, which continue to supply government forces with high-tech weaponry.\n\nThe FTC-2000G was first delivered by China in 2022, after the military's seizure of power.\n\nIn May, a military air strike in Sagaing hit a school,\u00a0killing as many as 20 students and two teachers, according to witnesses and independent media reports.\n\nThe military is believed to have lost at least five helicopters and four jet fighters, but claims from resistance groups to have shot them down have been impossible to verify due to the tight restrictions on the media and the remoteness of the areas where much of the combat takes place.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A military junta fighter jet crashed and burned in Myanmar on Tuesday in an area that has seen intense fighting during\u00a0the civil war, with one rebel group claiming to have shot it down while state-run media said it had suffered a mechanical failure.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft went down in the Sagaing region, about 140 kilometres west of Mandalay,\u00a0Myanmar's second-largest city, state-run television MRTV reported.<\/p>\n<p>It did not identify the type of jet or mention casualties and said a search and recovery effort was underway in Pale township where it went down.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reports identified the plane as the two-seater Chinese FTC-2000G, a fighter ground-attack jet and broadcast images of a crashed plane with body parts nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Sagaing region is a stronghold of armed resistance to the ruling military junta, which seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/32\/29\/09\/1200x800_cmsv2_115f68ba-46a9-5b22-bbaf-f3ec4865d70c-9322909.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/32\/29\/09\/1920x1280_cmsv2_115f68ba-46a9-5b22-bbaf-f3ec4865d70c-9322909.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Military officers march during a parade to commemorate Myanmar&#39;s 80th Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, 27 March, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Opposition to the takeover began peacefully, but escalated into a civil war as the authorities resorted increasingly to lethal force in a bid to quell dissent.<\/p>\n<p>Ni Ni Kyaw, a spokesperson for a militia known as the People's Liberation Army (PLA), told The Associated Press its fighters had been involved in an assault on a police station in Pale township when they shot down the jet at 12:30 pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>She said the military's jets had dropped hundreds of bombs in the area over the past week in support of ground troops fighting against the PLA and other resistance groups.<\/p>\n<p>The PLA posted a video and pictures of the jet's smoking wreckage in a Pale township village.<\/p>\n<p>The military has\u00a0increasingly used air strikes to counter the\u00a0widespread armed struggle against its rule, relying primarily on aircraft from Russia and China, which continue to supply government forces with high-tech weaponry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9147442,5427636\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//03//27//myanmar-military-chief-min-aung-hlaing-commits-to-hold-elections-by-years-end/">Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing commits to hold elections by year's end<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//03//04//myanmar-coup-stop-murdering-protesters-says-un-as-death-toll-hits-54/">Myanmar coup: 'Stop murdering protesters,' says UN as death toll hits 54<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The FTC-2000G was first delivered by China in 2022, after the military's seizure of power.<\/p>\n<p>In May, a military air strike in Sagaing hit a school,\u00a0killing as many as 20 students and two teachers, according to witnesses and independent media reports.<\/p>\n<p>The military is believed to have lost at least five helicopters and four jet fighters, but claims from resistance groups to have shot them down have been impossible to verify due to the tight restrictions on the media and the remoteness of the areas where much of the combat takes place.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1749572629,"updatedAt":1749574371,"publishedAt":1749574341,"firstPublishedAt":1749574341,"lastPublishedAt":1749574341,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/32\/29\/09\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f996d08a-0b1b-5306-9c4f-4e3574d1f2f1-9322909.jpg","altText":"A rebel fighter stands at a frontline outpost facing no man's land in Lawa Yang in northern Kachin state, 20 March, 2018","caption":"A rebel fighter stands at a frontline outpost facing no man's land in Lawa Yang in northern Kachin state, 20 March, 2018","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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SCHOOL STRIKE FUNERALS","daletPyramidId":1489979,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Funerals held in Myanmar for pupils killed in alleged junta air strike on rural school","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Funerals held in Myanmar for pupils killed in strike on rural school","titleListing2":"Funerals held in Myanmar for pupils killed in alleged junta air strike on rural school","leadin":"Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army's 2021 takeover ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, which led to nationwide peaceful protests that escalated into a durable armed resistance denying the army control of much of the country.","summary":"Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army's 2021 takeover ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, which led to nationwide peaceful protests that escalated into a durable armed resistance denying the army control of much of the country.","keySentence":"","url":"funerals-held-in-myanmar-for-pupils-killed-in-alleged-junta-air-strike-on-rural-school","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/05\/13\/funerals-held-in-myanmar-for-pupils-killed-in-alleged-junta-air-strike-on-rural-school","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Funerals have been held in Myanmar for almost two dozen students and teachers alleged to have been killed in an air strike on a local school by a military junta jet fighter.\n\nLocal resistance groups and independent media said on Tuesday that at least 17 pupils and two teachers died in the attack on Ohe Htein Twin village, in Sagaing region's township of Tabayin, also known as Depayin.\n\nTheir reports said that as many as 100 people were wounded.\n\nThe dead students were from grades two to 11, with the youngest seven years old, according to the shadow National Unity Government, which serves as an umbrella organisation for opponents of military rule\n\nA member of a local resistance group fighting against army rule said that another student, who was severely injured in Monday's bombing, died on Tuesday afternoon while undergoing medical treatment.\n\nThe resistance fighter, who requested that neither he nor his group be named for fear of arrest by the military, said the incident occurred while more than 100 students were studying in a school in the village, which has about 500 houses.\n\nHe denied that any resistance fighters were stationed in the village that was attacked but Sagaing has been a stronghold of\u00a0armed resistance to junta rule in Myanmar.\n\nMyanmar has been in turmoil since the army's 2021 takeover ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, which led to nationwide peaceful protests that escalated into a durable armed resistance denying the army control of much of the country.\n\nA report in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper on Tuesday denied the army had carried out the strike, saying malicious media outlets were intentionally spreading fake information.\n\nThe military's tight control over the media and the relative remoteness of many such incidents makes independent confirmation of what occurred difficult.\n\nFunerals took place for most of the victims in two village cemeteries after hastily arranged funerals on Monday, just a few hours after the bombing incident, the unidentified resistance fighter said.\n\nAbout 100 wounded people, both students and teachers, were being treated in regional hospitals as the village\u2019s clinic lacked adequate facilities.\n\nAt least two victims have had to have limbs amputated, he added.\n\nA member of another resistance group, the White Depeyin People's Defence Force, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said the funerals had ended by Tuesday.\n\nAir strike condemned\n\nA report on Tuesday by the Human Rights Ministry of the National Unity Government said the jet fighter took off from an airbase in Meiktila township in the central region of Mandalay on Monday morning and deliberately attacked the school with two cluster bombs while students were preparing to sit for their exams.\n\n\"All individuals implicated in the commanding, execution, or collusion of deliberate air strikes against innocent children, students, and educators shall be subject to stringent judicial repercussions,\" the group said in a separate statement.\n\n\"No avenue for impunity shall be permitted. Every responsible party will be pursued without respite, unequivocally identified, held accountable and subjected to stringent punitive measures under the full force of the law.\"\n\nThe military has increasingly used air strikes to counter the widespread armed struggle against its rule and resistance groups have no effective defence against air attacks.\n\nMore than 6,600 civilians are estimated to have been killed by security forces since the army's 2021 takeover, according to figures compiled by NGOs.\n\nAir strikes in Myanmar garnered increased attention recently when numerous reports deemed credible by the\u00a0United Nations and human rights groups said that they continued to be carried out in the wake of Myanmar's devastating 28 March earthquake, after which the military and resistance groups\u00a0declared ceasefires to facilitate relief efforts.\n\n\"We are horrified by reports of a Myanmar regime airstrike on a school in an earthquake-affected area at a time when a ceasefire has been announced. Schools are meant to be a place of safety and opportunity, not collateral in a conflict,\" the UK's Under-Secretary of State for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West said in a statement.\n\n\"We repeat our call to all parties, particularly the Myanmar military, to refrain from airstrikes, safeguard civilians and protect civilian infrastructure.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Funerals have been held in Myanmar for almost two dozen students and teachers alleged to have been killed in an air strike on a local school by a military junta jet fighter.<\/p>\n<p>Local resistance groups and independent media said on Tuesday that at least 17 pupils and two teachers died in the attack on Ohe Htein Twin village, in Sagaing region's township of Tabayin, also known as Depayin.<\/p>\n<p>Their reports said that as many as 100 people were wounded.<\/p>\n<p>The dead students were from grades two to 11, with the youngest seven years old, according to the shadow National Unity Government, which serves as an umbrella organisation for opponents of military rule<\/p>\n<p>A member of a local resistance group fighting against army rule said that another student, who was severely injured in Monday's bombing, died on Tuesday afternoon while undergoing medical treatment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.750625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//28//58//58//808x608_cmsv2_907fab01-f95b-5c62-8cad-df9e0297f338-9285858.jpg/" alt=\"People stand outside a destroyed school building after it was allegedly hit by the military in Tabayin township, 12 May, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/384x288_cmsv2_907fab01-f95b-5c62-8cad-df9e0297f338-9285858.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/640x480_cmsv2_907fab01-f95b-5c62-8cad-df9e0297f338-9285858.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/750x563_cmsv2_907fab01-f95b-5c62-8cad-df9e0297f338-9285858.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/828x622_cmsv2_907fab01-f95b-5c62-8cad-df9e0297f338-9285858.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/1080x811_cmsv2_907fab01-f95b-5c62-8cad-df9e0297f338-9285858.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/1200x901_cmsv2_907fab01-f95b-5c62-8cad-df9e0297f338-9285858.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/1920x1441_cmsv2_907fab01-f95b-5c62-8cad-df9e0297f338-9285858.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People stand outside a destroyed school building after it was allegedly hit by the military in Tabayin township, 12 May, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The resistance fighter, who requested that neither he nor his group be named for fear of arrest by the military, said the incident occurred while more than 100 students were studying in a school in the village, which has about 500 houses.<\/p>\n<p>He denied that any resistance fighters were stationed in the village that was attacked but Sagaing has been a stronghold of\u00a0armed resistance to junta rule in Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army's 2021 takeover ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, which led to nationwide peaceful protests that escalated into a durable armed resistance denying the army control of much of the country.<\/p>\n<p>A report in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper on Tuesday denied the army had carried out the strike, saying malicious media outlets were intentionally spreading fake information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7792798,9264040,9211818\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//04//17//myanmar-junta-releases-almost-4900-prisoners-in-traditional-near-year-amnesty/">Myanmar junta releases almost 4,900 prisoners in traditional near year amnesty<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a 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fighter said.<\/p>\n<p>About 100 wounded people, both students and teachers, were being treated in regional hospitals as the village\u2019s clinic lacked adequate facilities.<\/p>\n<p>At least two victims have had to have limbs amputated, he added.<\/p>\n<p>A member of another resistance group, the White Depeyin People's Defence Force, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said the funerals had ended by Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h2>Air strike condemned<\/h2>\n<p>A report on Tuesday by the Human Rights Ministry of the National Unity Government said the jet fighter took off from an airbase in Meiktila township in the central region of Mandalay on Monday morning and deliberately attacked the school with two cluster bombs while students were preparing to sit for their exams.<\/p>\n<p>\"All individuals implicated in the commanding, execution, or collusion of deliberate air strikes against innocent children, students, and educators shall be subject to stringent judicial repercussions,\" the group said in a separate statement.<\/p>\n<p>\"No avenue for impunity shall be permitted. Every responsible party will be pursued without respite, unequivocally identified, held accountable and subjected to stringent punitive measures under the full force of the law.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.750625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//28//58//58//808x608_cmsv2_d752250b-9083-5f59-a843-9cff661b4aa8-9285858.jpg/" alt=\"Medics treat injured pupils outside a school that was allegedly hit by the military in Tabayin township, 12 May, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/384x288_cmsv2_d752250b-9083-5f59-a843-9cff661b4aa8-9285858.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/640x480_cmsv2_d752250b-9083-5f59-a843-9cff661b4aa8-9285858.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/750x563_cmsv2_d752250b-9083-5f59-a843-9cff661b4aa8-9285858.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/828x622_cmsv2_d752250b-9083-5f59-a843-9cff661b4aa8-9285858.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/1080x811_cmsv2_d752250b-9083-5f59-a843-9cff661b4aa8-9285858.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/1200x901_cmsv2_d752250b-9083-5f59-a843-9cff661b4aa8-9285858.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/1920x1441_cmsv2_d752250b-9083-5f59-a843-9cff661b4aa8-9285858.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Medics treat injured pupils outside a school that was allegedly hit by the military in Tabayin township, 12 May, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The military has increasingly used air strikes to counter the widespread armed struggle against its rule and resistance groups have no effective defence against air attacks.<\/p>\n<p>More than 6,600 civilians are estimated to have been killed by security forces since the army's 2021 takeover, according to figures compiled by NGOs.<\/p>\n<p>Air strikes in Myanmar garnered increased attention recently when numerous reports deemed credible by the\u00a0United Nations and human rights groups said that they continued to be carried out in the wake of Myanmar's devastating 28 March earthquake, after which the military and resistance groups\u00a0declared ceasefires to facilitate relief efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are horrified by reports of a Myanmar regime airstrike on a school in an earthquake-affected area at a time when a ceasefire has been announced. Schools are meant to be a place of safety and opportunity, not collateral in a conflict,\" the UK's Under-Secretary of State for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\"We repeat our call to all parties, particularly the Myanmar military, to refrain from airstrikes, safeguard civilians and protect civilian infrastructure.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1747155758,"updatedAt":1747156528,"publishedAt":1747156494,"firstPublishedAt":1747156494,"lastPublishedAt":1747156494,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/58\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_887e89b8-2c63-519d-82ee-5e5e19fe39cf-9285858.jpg","altText":"A classroom filled with debris after it was allegedly hit by a junta air strike in Tabayin township, 12 May, 2025 ","caption":"A classroom filled with debris after it was allegedly hit by a junta air strike in Tabayin township, 12 May, 2025 ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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SCHOOL BOMBING","daletPyramidId":1473532,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"At least 17 killed in junta air strike on school in Myanmar, reports say","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"At least 17 killed in junta air strike on Myanmar school, reports say","titleListing2":"At least 17 killed in junta air strike on school in Myanmar, reports say","leadin":"Sagaing region, near the border with India, has been a stronghold of armed resistance and the military in recent years has stepped up air strikes against the local pro-democracy People's Defence Forces.","summary":"Sagaing region, near the border with India, has been a stronghold of armed resistance and the military in recent years has stepped up air strikes against the local pro-democracy People's Defence Forces.","keySentence":"","url":"at-least-17-killed-in-junta-air-strike-on-school-in-myanmar-reports-say","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/05\/12\/at-least-17-killed-in-junta-air-strike-on-school-in-myanmar-reports-say","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At least 17 people have been killed in an air strike by Myanmar's military junta on a village in the central Sagaing region, according to several reports on Monday.\n\nThe death toll from the Monday morning bombing on Ohe Htein Twin village in the region's Tabayin township, also known as Depayin, reported by independent media in Myanmar ranged from 17 to more than 20.\n\nOthers reported that the morning attack killed at least 22 students and two teachers and wounded dozens of others.\n\nA member of the White Depeyin People's Defence Force resistance group fighting against military rule said a fighter jet dropped a bomb directly onto the school, where students from primary to high school levels were studying.\n\nThe area is about 115 kilometres northwest of Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city.\n\nThe resistance fighter, who rushed to the site of the attack to help the victims, spoke on condition of anonymity because he was afraid of being arrested by the military.\n\nHe said that 20 students and two teachers were killed in the attack on the school, which is operated by the country's pro-democracy movement, and some 50 others were wounded. Three nearby houses were also damaged.\n\nNay Phone Latt, a spokesperson for the opposition's National Unity Government, said he received the same information on the number of casualties and warned the death toll could rise.\n\nThe organisation is the main opposition group coordinating resistance to military rule.\n\nSagaing region, near the border with India, has been a stronghold of armed resistance and the military in recent years has stepped up air strikes against the local pro-democracy People's Defence Forces.\n\nThe resistance has no effective defence against air attacks.\n\nNo comment from the junta\n\nNeither the military government nor state-controlled media have released any information about the reported air strike.\n\nThe junta has\u00a0increasingly used air strikes to counter a\u00a0widespread armed resistance against its rule, which began in February 2021 when it seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.\n\nMore than 6,600 civilians are estimated to have been killed by security forces since then, according to figures compiled by non-governmental organisations.\n\nIn September 2022, aerial attacks by the military's helicopters against a school and village in\u00a0Let Yet Kone village in the same township killed at least 13 people, including seven children.\n\nAir strikes in\u00a0April 2023 killed as many as 160 people, including children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents of army rule outside Pazigyi village in Sagaing region\u2019s Kanbalu township.\n\nAir strikes in Myanmar garnered increased attention recently when numerous reports deemed credible by the\u00a0United Nations and human rights groups said that they continued to be carried out in the wake of the devastating 28 March earthquake, after which the military and resistance groups\u00a0declared ceasefires to facilitate relief efforts.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>At least 17 people have been killed in an air strike by Myanmar's military junta on a village in the central Sagaing region, according to several reports on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll from the Monday morning bombing on Ohe Htein Twin village in the region's Tabayin township, also known as Depayin, reported by independent media in Myanmar ranged from 17 to more than 20.<\/p>\n<p>Others reported that the morning attack killed at least 22 students and two teachers and wounded dozens of others.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the White Depeyin People's Defence Force resistance group fighting against military rule said a fighter jet dropped a bomb directly onto the school, where students from primary to high school levels were studying.<\/p>\n<p>The area is about 115 kilometres northwest of Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city.<\/p>\n<p>The resistance fighter, who rushed to the site of the attack to help the victims, spoke on condition of anonymity because he was afraid of being arrested by the military.<\/p>\n<p>He said that 20 students and two teachers were killed in the attack on the school, which is operated by the country's pro-democracy movement, and some 50 others were wounded. Three nearby houses were also damaged.<\/p>\n<p>Nay Phone Latt, a spokesperson for the opposition's National Unity Government, said he received the same information on the number of casualties and warned the death toll could rise.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation is the main opposition group coordinating resistance to military rule.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7497835497835498\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//28//18//64//808x608_cmsv2_6172c2d7-6ec4-5b8a-9cf3-7d0c06b41d31-9281864.jpg/" alt=\"Footwear lie among debris after a school was allegedly hit by a military air strike in Sagaing region, 12 May, 2025\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Footwear lie among debris after a school was allegedly hit by a military air strike in Sagaing region, 12 May, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Sagaing region, near the border with India, has been a stronghold of armed resistance and the military in recent years has stepped up air strikes against the local pro-democracy People's Defence Forces.<\/p>\n<p>The resistance has no effective defence against air attacks.<\/p>\n<h2>No comment from the junta<\/h2>\n<p>Neither the military government nor state-controlled media have released any information about the reported air strike.<\/p>\n<p>The junta has\u00a0increasingly used air strikes to counter a\u00a0widespread armed resistance against its rule, which began in February 2021 when it seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.<\/p>\n<p>More than 6,600 civilians are estimated to have been killed by security forces since then, according to figures compiled by non-governmental organisations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6695\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//28//18//64//808x542_cmsv2_741c23e0-dadd-5c92-9170-4f271c1e6ed7-9281864.jpg/" alt=\"Volunteers help to clear collapsed buildings in Naypyidaw a month after a strong earthquake, 28 April, 2025\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Volunteers help to clear collapsed buildings in Naypyidaw a month after a strong earthquake, 28 April, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>In September 2022, aerial attacks by the military's helicopters against a school and village in\u00a0Let Yet Kone village in the same township killed at least 13 people, including seven children.<\/p>\n<p>Air strikes in\u00a0April 2023 killed as many as 160 people, including children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents of army rule outside Pazigyi village in Sagaing region\u2019s Kanbalu township.<\/p>\n<p>Air strikes in Myanmar garnered increased attention recently when numerous reports deemed credible by the\u00a0United Nations and human rights groups said that they continued to be carried out in the wake of the devastating 28 March earthquake, after which the military and resistance groups\u00a0declared ceasefires to facilitate relief efforts.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1747055709,"updatedAt":1747057783,"publishedAt":1747057752,"firstPublishedAt":1747057752,"lastPublishedAt":1747057752,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/28\/18\/64\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6cee1918-1837-5d4e-baec-bd124e47a782-9281864.jpg","altText":"A room of a high school filled with debris after it was allegedly hit by a military air strike in Sagaing region, 12 May, 2025","caption":"A room of a high school filled with debris after it was allegedly hit by a military air strike in Sagaing region, 12 May, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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KNA SANCTIONS","daletPyramidId":1407553,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"US sanctions Myanmar's ethnic Karen National Army for 'facilitating cyber scams'","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"US sanctions Myanmar militia for 'facilitating cyber scams'","titleListing2":"US sanctions Myanmar's regional Karen National Army for 'facilitating cyber scams'","leadin":"The KNA controls Shwe Kokko and some areas in Myawaddy, on the border with Thailand in the state of Kayin, also known as Karen state.","summary":"The KNA controls Shwe Kokko and some areas in Myawaddy, on the border with Thailand in the state of Kayin, also known as Karen state.","keySentence":"","url":"us-sanctions-myanmars-ethnic-karen-national-army-for-facilitating-cyber-scams","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/05\/06\/us-sanctions-myanmars-ethnic-karen-national-army-for-facilitating-cyber-scams","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"An ethnic militia in southeast Myanmar that has been sanctioned by the US for alleged involvement in human trafficking and\u00a0online scams has denied the allegations.\n\nThe US Treasury Department announced sanctions on Monday against the Karen National Army (KNA) as well as its leader Colonel Saw Chit Thu and his sons, Saw Htoo Eh Moo and Saw Chit Chit.\n\nThey are accused of \"facilitating cyber scams that harm US citizens, human trafficking, and cross-border smuggling,\" a Treasury Department statement said.\n\n\"Cyber scam operations, such as those run by the KNA, generate billions in revenue for criminal kingpins and their associates, while depriving victims of their hard-earned savings and sense of security,\" said Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender.\n\n\"Treasury is committed to using all available tools to disrupt these networks and hold accountable those who seek to profit from these criminal schemes.\"\n\nThose who are\u00a0hired to carry out the scams are often tricked into taking jobs under false pretences and find themselves trapped in virtual slavery.\n\nThe sanctions block the targeted individuals and their companies from accessing money and assets under US control and prohibit US citizens from providing financial services to them.\n\nSaw Chit Thu has already been sanctioned by the EU and the UK for profiting from scam compounds and human trafficking.\n\nLieutenant Colonel Naing Maung Zaw, a spokesperson for the KNA, said the group's activities are aimed at regional development and not related to cyber scams.\n\nHe described the US sanctions as a deliberate act of abasement by a powerful country over a weaker one.\n\n\"They are doing it because they can,\" he said.\n\nLocal militias in several border regions have de facto control in areas where their minority groups are dominant.\n\nThe KNA controls Shwe Kokko and some areas in Myawaddy, on the border with Thailand in the state of Kayin, also known as Karen state.\n\nCriminal syndicates\n\nShwe Kokko and Myawaddy are known havens for criminal syndicates that have forced hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia and elsewhere into helping run online scams, including romantic ploys, bogus investment pitches and illegal gambling schemes.\n\nCritics have accused the KNA of being involved in the criminal activities, at least to the extent of providing protection to the scam centres.\n\nNaing Maung Zaw said scam operations were carried out not only in areas controlled by the KNA but also in other places in Myawaddy.\n\nHe acknowledged that his group rented land to some businesses holding the property where scam centres were located and said the KNA would continue with its\u00a0mass repatriation of the foreign workers working in scam centres, which it carries out in cooperation with the military government.\n\nHe said 7,454 of 8,575 foreign scam workers have been repatriated through Thailand following a crackdown\u00a0by Myanmar, Thailand and China in February.\n\nNaing Maung Zaw said more than 10,000 people remain to be identified in the KNA-controlled areas, and that the group will continue to work toward the elimination of scam activities.\n\nKayin state, which is dominated by the Karen ethnic minority, has seen intense armed conflict since the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.\n\nThe US has previously imposed sanctions on Myanmar's military leaders, their suppliers and state-owned banks in connection with alleged human rights abuses.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>An ethnic militia in southeast Myanmar that has been sanctioned by the US for alleged involvement in human trafficking and\u00a0online scams has denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The US Treasury Department announced sanctions on Monday against the Karen National Army (KNA) as well as its leader Colonel Saw Chit Thu and his sons, Saw Htoo Eh Moo and Saw Chit Chit.<\/p>\n<p>They are accused of \"facilitating cyber scams that harm US citizens, human trafficking, and cross-border smuggling,\" a Treasury Department statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\"Cyber scam operations, such as those run by the KNA, generate billions in revenue for criminal kingpins and their associates, while depriving victims of their hard-earned savings and sense of security,\" said Deputy Treasury Secretary Michael Faulkender.<\/p>\n<p>\"Treasury is committed to using all available tools to disrupt these networks and hold accountable those who seek to profit from these criminal schemes.\"<\/p>\n<p>Those who are\u00a0hired to carry out the scams are often tricked into taking jobs under false pretences and find themselves trapped in virtual slavery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.585\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//26//40//40//808x473_cmsv2_110d173a-d445-55af-901d-7286baad10e7-9264040.jpg/" alt=\"Soldiers of the Karen National Army look on during armed forces day at a KNA camp along the Thai border, 31 January, 2004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/40\/40\/384x225_cmsv2_110d173a-d445-55af-901d-7286baad10e7-9264040.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/40\/40\/640x374_cmsv2_110d173a-d445-55af-901d-7286baad10e7-9264040.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/40\/40\/750x439_cmsv2_110d173a-d445-55af-901d-7286baad10e7-9264040.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/40\/40\/828x484_cmsv2_110d173a-d445-55af-901d-7286baad10e7-9264040.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/40\/40\/1080x632_cmsv2_110d173a-d445-55af-901d-7286baad10e7-9264040.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/40\/40\/1200x702_cmsv2_110d173a-d445-55af-901d-7286baad10e7-9264040.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/26\/40\/40\/1920x1123_cmsv2_110d173a-d445-55af-901d-7286baad10e7-9264040.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Soldiers of the Karen National Army look on during armed forces day at a KNA camp along the Thai border, 31 January, 2004<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The sanctions block the targeted individuals and their companies from accessing money and assets under US control and prohibit US citizens from providing financial services to them.<\/p>\n<p>Saw Chit Thu has already been sanctioned by the EU and the UK for profiting from scam compounds and human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>Lieutenant Colonel Naing Maung Zaw, a spokesperson for the KNA, said the group's activities are aimed at regional development and not related to cyber scams.<\/p>\n<p>He described the US sanctions as a deliberate act of abasement by a powerful country over a weaker one.<\/p>\n<p>\"They are doing it because they can,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Local militias in several border regions have de facto control in areas where their minority groups are dominant.<\/p>\n<p>The KNA controls Shwe Kokko and some areas in Myawaddy, on the border with Thailand in the state of Kayin, also known as Karen state.<\/p>\n<h2>Criminal syndicates<\/h2>\n<p>Shwe Kokko and Myawaddy are known havens for criminal syndicates that have forced hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia and elsewhere into helping run online scams, including romantic ploys, bogus investment pitches and illegal gambling schemes.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have accused the KNA of being involved in the criminal activities, at least to the extent of providing protection to the scam centres.<\/p>\n<p>Naing Maung Zaw said scam operations were carried out not only in areas controlled by the KNA but also in other places in Myawaddy.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged that his group rented land to some businesses holding the property where scam centres were located and said the KNA would continue with its\u00a0mass repatriation of the foreign workers working in scam centres, which it carries out in cooperation with the military government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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HUMANITARIAN NEEDS","daletPyramidId":1336854,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Myanmar earthquake survivors in dire need of aid one month on, UN warns","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Myanmar earthquake survivors in dire need of aid, UN warns","titleListing2":"Myanmar earthquake survivors in dire need of aid one month on, UN warns","leadin":"At least 3,770 people were killed by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck on 28 March, with 5,106 injured and 106 still missing.","summary":"At least 3,770 people were killed by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck on 28 March, with 5,106 injured and 106 still missing.","keySentence":"","url":"myanmar-earthquake-survivors-in-dire-need-of-aid-one-month-on-un-warns","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/04\/29\/myanmar-earthquake-survivors-in-dire-need-of-aid-one-month-on-un-warns","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Hundreds of thousands of people in Myanmar desperately need humanitarian assistance a month after a deadly earthquake, aid agencies have warned.\n\nThe UN and other humanitarian organisations say that living conditions across the nation remain dire for survivors of the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck on 28 March.\n\nEven before the quake, the country's ongoing civil war, which started after the military overthrew the democratically elected government in 2021, had displaced more than three million people and left nearly 20 million dependent on humanitarian aid.\n\n\"Critical needs remain for safe shelter, clean water and sanitation, physical and mental health care, comprehensive protection services and cash assistance,\" the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest situation report.\n\nMany who lost their homes are still living in makeshift shelters with little to protect them from pre-monsoon storms ahead of the months-long rainy season, which normally begins in May.\n\nThe UN also warned of limited access to safe drinking water and clean sanitation, raising the threat of the spread of waterborne diseases.\n\nThe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said in its report that displaced people were living outdoors in temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius, with an overwhelming fear of further\u00a0aftershocks.\n\nMyanmar\u2019s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology said it recorded 157 aftershocks following the main earthquake, ranging in magnitude from 2.8 to 7.5.\n\nDeath toll rises\n\nState-run MRTV television reported on Monday that the death toll had reached 3,770, with 5,106 people injured and 106 still missing.\n\nThe earthquake left many areas without power, telephone or mobile phone connection and damaged roads and bridges, in addition to tens of thousands of buildings.\n\nIn some quake-hit areas, bereaved relatives and friends of the victims offered donations to monks, a Buddhist tradition to transfer merit and blessings to the deceased.\n\nMRTV reported that junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, and his colleagues performed the same ceremony in the capital Naypyidaw.\n\nAir strikes continue\n\nA report released on Monday by the Myanmar Witness project of the London-based Centre for Information Resilience said the group had documented 80 post-quake air strikes by the military across multiple regions, including 65 after the army declared its unilateral ceasefire on 2 April.\n\nMyanmar has been in turmoil since the army\u2019s 2021 takeover ousted the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, which led to nationwide peaceful protests that escalated into an armed resistance, uniting pro-democracy activists and ethnic minority guerrilla groups that have long been fighting for autonomy.\n\n\"Myanmar's population was already on its knees after years of SAC aggression and armed conflict,\" said Myanmar Witness project director Robert Dolan, referring to the military\u2019s ruling State Administration Council.\n\n\"The layers of suffering are hard to comprehend \u2014 we've seen regions wrecked by war and then the earthquake, only to sustain further damage from continued airstrikes.\"\n\nThe bombings have primarily targeted civilian areas, including markets, residential areas, Buddhist monasteries and Christian churches, resulting in the deaths of over 200 civilians, including at least 24 children between 28 March and 19 April.\n\nThat's according to a statement from the shadow National Unity Government, the main opposition group coordinating resistance to military rule.\n\nThe military government hasn't directly commented on the strikes, but when it extended its ceasefire on 22 April, it said it reserved the right to respond as \"necessary\" to certain activities by resistance forces.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Hundreds of thousands of people in Myanmar desperately need humanitarian assistance a month after a deadly earthquake, aid agencies have warned.<\/p>\n<p>The UN and other humanitarian organisations say that living conditions across the nation remain dire for survivors of the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck on 28 March.<\/p>\n<p>Even before the quake, the country's ongoing civil war, which started after the military overthrew the democratically elected government in 2021, had displaced more than three million people and left nearly 20 million dependent on humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p>\"Critical needs remain for safe shelter, clean water and sanitation, physical and mental health care, comprehensive protection services and cash assistance,\" the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its latest situation report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" 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https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/24\/32\/38\/1200x800_cmsv2_34e8bf52-b37e-59bc-96bd-ec4fc5dc797b-9243238.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/24\/32\/38\/1920x1280_cmsv2_34e8bf52-b37e-59bc-96bd-ec4fc5dc797b-9243238.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A volunteer drives a backhoe to clear debris of a building at a market in Naypyidaw, 28 April, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Aung Shine Oo\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Many who lost their homes are still living in makeshift shelters with little to protect them from pre-monsoon storms ahead of the months-long rainy season, which normally begins in May.<\/p>\n<p>The UN also warned of limited access to safe drinking water and clean sanitation, raising the threat of the spread of waterborne diseases.<\/p>\n<p>The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said in its report that displaced people were living outdoors in temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius, with an overwhelming fear of further\u00a0aftershocks.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar\u2019s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology said it recorded 157 aftershocks following the main earthquake, ranging in magnitude from 2.8 to 7.5.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Death toll rises<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>State-run MRTV television reported on Monday that the death toll had reached 3,770, with 5,106 people injured and 106 still missing.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake left many areas without power, telephone or mobile phone connection and damaged roads and bridges, in addition to tens of thousands of buildings.<\/p>\n<p>In some quake-hit areas, bereaved relatives and friends of the victims offered donations to monks, a Buddhist tradition to transfer merit and blessings to the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>MRTV reported that junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, and his colleagues performed the same ceremony in the capital Naypyidaw.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//24//32//38//808x539_cmsv2_e13b6d65-689e-5b85-bf40-45c6f4f47b71-9243238.jpg/" alt=\"A damaged building is seen in Naypyidaw, 28 April, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/24\/32\/38\/384x256_cmsv2_e13b6d65-689e-5b85-bf40-45c6f4f47b71-9243238.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/24\/32\/38\/640x427_cmsv2_e13b6d65-689e-5b85-bf40-45c6f4f47b71-9243238.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/24\/32\/38\/750x500_cmsv2_e13b6d65-689e-5b85-bf40-45c6f4f47b71-9243238.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/24\/32\/38\/828x552_cmsv2_e13b6d65-689e-5b85-bf40-45c6f4f47b71-9243238.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/24\/32\/38\/1080x720_cmsv2_e13b6d65-689e-5b85-bf40-45c6f4f47b71-9243238.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/24\/32\/38\/1200x800_cmsv2_e13b6d65-689e-5b85-bf40-45c6f4f47b71-9243238.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/24\/32\/38\/1920x1280_cmsv2_e13b6d65-689e-5b85-bf40-45c6f4f47b71-9243238.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A damaged building is seen in Naypyidaw, 28 April, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>Air strikes continue<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A report released on Monday by the Myanmar Witness project of the London-based Centre for Information Resilience said the group had documented 80 post-quake air strikes by the military across multiple regions, including 65 after the army declared its unilateral ceasefire on 2 April.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army\u2019s 2021 takeover ousted the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, which led to nationwide peaceful protests that escalated into an armed resistance, uniting pro-democracy activists and ethnic minority guerrilla groups that have long been fighting for autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>\"Myanmar's population was already on its knees after years of SAC aggression and armed conflict,\" said Myanmar Witness project director Robert Dolan, referring to the military\u2019s ruling State Administration Council.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5427636,5377060,5418382\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//02//27//myanmar-s-un-envoy-sacked-after-speech-dramatically-opposing-coup-in-his-country/">Myanmar's UN envoy sacked after speech dramatically opposing coup in his country<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//03//04//myanmar-coup-stop-murdering-protesters-says-un-as-death-toll-hits-54/">Myanmar coup: 'Stop murdering protesters,' says UN as death toll hits 54<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//02//15//myanmar-coup-protesters-try-to-reach-nld-headquarters-in-yangon/">Myanmar coup: Protesters try to reach NLD headquarters in Yangon<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"The layers of suffering are hard to comprehend \u2014 we've seen regions wrecked by war and then the earthquake, only to sustain further damage from continued airstrikes.\"<\/p>\n<p>The bombings have primarily targeted civilian areas, including markets, residential areas, Buddhist monasteries and Christian churches, resulting in the deaths of over 200 civilians, including at least 24 children between 28 March and 19 April.<\/p>\n<p>That's according to a statement from the shadow National Unity Government, the main opposition group coordinating resistance to military rule.<\/p>\n<p>The military government hasn't directly commented on the strikes, but when it extended its ceasefire on 22 April, it said it reserved the right to respond as \"necessary\" to certain activities by resistance 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NEW YEAR AMNESTY","daletPyramidId":1215056,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Myanmar junta releases almost 4,900 prisoners in traditional near year amnesty","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Myanmar frees almost 4,900 prisoners, including 22 political detainees","titleListing2":"Myanmar junta releases almost 4,900 prisoners in traditional near year amnesty","leadin":"Myanmar has been under military rule since February 2021, when its army ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government.","summary":"Myanmar has been under military rule since February 2021, when its army ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government.","keySentence":"","url":"myanmar-junta-releases-almost-4900-prisoners-in-traditional-near-year-amnesty","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/04\/17\/myanmar-junta-releases-almost-4900-prisoners-in-traditional-near-year-amnesty","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The head of Myanmar's military junta has granted amnesty to nearly 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year, state media has reported.\n\nAt least 19 buses carrying prisoners left Yangon's Insein prison and were welcomed outside the gate by family members and friends who had been waiting since early morning.\n\nPolitical Prisoners Network - Myanmar, an independent watchdog group that records violations of human rights in Myanmar's prisons, said in a statement that by its initial count, 22 political prisoners had been released.\n\nSenior General Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the ruling military council, pardoned 4,893 prisoners, MRTV reported.\n\nThirteen foreigners will also be released and deported from\u00a0the country, it said in a separate statement.\n\nOther prisoners received reduced sentences, except for those convicted of serious charges such as murder and rape, or those jailed on charges under various other security acts.\n\nIf the freed detainees violate the law again, they will have to serve the remainder of their original sentences in addition to any new sentence, according to the terms of their release.\n\nMass amnesties on the holiday are not unusual in Myanmar.\n\nMyanmar has been under military rule since February 2021, when its army ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi\u2019s elected government.\n\nThat takeover was met with massive nonviolent resistance, which has since morphed into a widespread armed struggle.\n\nSome 22,197 political detainees, including Suu Kyi, were in detention as of last Friday, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, an independent organisation that keeps detailed tallies of arrests and casualties linked to the nation\u2019s political conflicts.\n\nMany political detainees had been held on a charge of incitement, a catch-all offence widely used to arrest critics of the government or military and punishable by up to three years in prison.\n\nJournalism under attack\n\nOne of the former prisoners released was Hanthar Nyein, a news producer for Kamayut Media, who was arrested in March 2021 along with co-founder, US journalist Nathan Maung, after authorities raided their office in Yangon.\n\nMaung was released and deported to the US in June of that year.\n\nHanthar Nyein had been handed a total of seven years' imprisonment after being convicted of incitement in March 2022 and violating the Electronics Transactions Law, a charge that critics say criminalises free speech, in December that same year.\n\nMaung told the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists that he and Hanthar Nyein were blindfolded, beaten, deprived of food and water and otherwise tortured during interrogations in Yangon, Myanmar\u2019s biggest city.\n\nMore than 220 journalists have been detained since the 2021 military coup, according to the US-based International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, with at least 51 still being held in jail.\n\nThis year\u2019s celebrations of Thingyan, the new year's holiday, were\u00a0more reserved than usual due to a national grieving period following a devastating\u00a0earthquake on 28 March that killed about 3,725 people.\n\nIn a new year\u2019s speech, Min Aung Hlaing said his government will carry out reconstruction and rehabilitation measures in the quake-affected areas as quickly as possible.\n\nHe also reaffirmed plans to hold a general election by the end of the year and called on opposition groups fighting the army to resolve the conflicts in political ways.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The head of Myanmar's military junta has granted amnesty to nearly 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year, state media has reported.<\/p>\n<p>At least 19 buses carrying prisoners left Yangon's Insein prison and were welcomed outside the gate by family members and friends who had been waiting since early morning.<\/p>\n<p>Political Prisoners Network - Myanmar, an independent watchdog group that records violations of human rights in Myanmar's prisons, said in a statement that by its initial count, 22 political prisoners had been released.<\/p>\n<p>Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the ruling military council, pardoned 4,893 prisoners, MRTV reported.<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen foreigners will also be released and deported from\u00a0the country, it said in a separate statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//21//18//18//808x539_cmsv2_dc2e2781-2636-57e4-8585-0d1192185416-9211818.jpg/" alt=\"Family members wait outside the gate of Insein prison in Yangon, 17 April, 2025\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Family members wait outside the gate of Insein prison in Yangon, 17 April, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Other prisoners received reduced sentences, except for those convicted of serious charges such as murder and rape, or those jailed on charges under various other security acts.<\/p>\n<p>If the freed detainees violate the law again, they will have to serve the remainder of their original sentences in addition to any new sentence, according to the terms of their release.<\/p>\n<p>Mass amnesties on the holiday are not unusual in Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar has been under military rule since February 2021, when its army ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi\u2019s elected government.<\/p>\n<p>That takeover was met with massive nonviolent resistance, which has since morphed into a widespread armed struggle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9147442,9161034\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//03//27//myanmar-military-chief-min-aung-hlaing-commits-to-hold-elections-by-years-end/">Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing commits to hold elections by year's end<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//04//02//man-rescued-from-rubble-in-myanmar-five-days-after-devastating-magnitude-77-quake/">Myanmar's military junta declares temporary ceasefire to facilitate quake relief<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Some 22,197 political detainees, including Suu Kyi, were in detention as of last Friday, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, an independent organisation that keeps detailed tallies of arrests and casualties linked to the nation\u2019s political conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Many political detainees had been held on a charge of incitement, a catch-all offence widely used to arrest critics of the government or military and punishable by up to three years in prison.<\/p>\n<h2>Journalism under attack<\/h2>\n<p>One of the former prisoners released was Hanthar Nyein, a news producer for Kamayut Media, who was arrested in March 2021 along with co-founder, US journalist Nathan Maung, after authorities raided their office in Yangon.<\/p>\n<p>Maung was released and deported to the US in June of that year.<\/p>\n<p>Hanthar Nyein had been handed a total of seven years' imprisonment after being convicted of incitement in March 2022 and violating the Electronics Transactions Law, a charge that critics say criminalises free speech, in December that same year.<\/p>\n<p>Maung told the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists that he and Hanthar Nyein were blindfolded, beaten, deprived of food and water and otherwise tortured during interrogations in Yangon, Myanmar\u2019s biggest city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//21//18//18//808x539_cmsv2_971f6489-8614-5cf1-a5a6-65c2f7f829dc-9211818.jpg/" alt=\"People clean debris from damaged buildings in the aftermath of an earthquake in Naypyidaw, 7 April, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/21\/18\/18\/384x256_cmsv2_971f6489-8614-5cf1-a5a6-65c2f7f829dc-9211818.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/21\/18\/18\/640x427_cmsv2_971f6489-8614-5cf1-a5a6-65c2f7f829dc-9211818.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/21\/18\/18\/750x500_cmsv2_971f6489-8614-5cf1-a5a6-65c2f7f829dc-9211818.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/21\/18\/18\/828x552_cmsv2_971f6489-8614-5cf1-a5a6-65c2f7f829dc-9211818.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/21\/18\/18\/1080x720_cmsv2_971f6489-8614-5cf1-a5a6-65c2f7f829dc-9211818.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/21\/18\/18\/1200x800_cmsv2_971f6489-8614-5cf1-a5a6-65c2f7f829dc-9211818.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/21\/18\/18\/1920x1280_cmsv2_971f6489-8614-5cf1-a5a6-65c2f7f829dc-9211818.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People clean debris from damaged buildings in the aftermath of an earthquake in Naypyidaw, 7 April, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>More than 220 journalists have been detained since the 2021 military coup, according to the US-based International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, with at least 51 still being held in jail.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s celebrations of Thingyan, the new year's holiday, were\u00a0more reserved than usual due to a national grieving period following a devastating\u00a0earthquake on 28 March that killed about 3,725 people.<\/p>\n<p>In a new year\u2019s speech, Min Aung Hlaing said his government will carry out reconstruction and rehabilitation measures in the quake-affected areas as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>He also reaffirmed plans to hold a general election by the end of the year and called on opposition groups fighting the army to resolve the conflicts in political ways.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1744902312,"updatedAt":1744903807,"publishedAt":1744903754,"firstPublishedAt":1744903754,"lastPublishedAt":1744903754,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/21\/18\/18\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5da14447-d0c9-5624-a325-a3afaf0d433d-9211818.jpg","altText":"A released prisoner is welcomed by family members outside the main gate of Insein prison in Yangon, 17 April, 2025 ","caption":"A released prisoner is welcomed by family members outside the main gate of Insein prison in Yangon, 17 April, 2025 ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL UPDATE","daletPyramidId":1095798,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Death toll from 28 March earthquake in Myanmar rises above 3,500, junta says","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Myanmar earthquake death toll rises above 3,500, junta says","titleListing2":"Myanmar earthquake death toll rises above 3,500 ","leadin":"Recent heavy rainfall has increased the risk of waterborne diseases like cholera spreading, aid groups say.","summary":"Recent heavy rainfall has increased the risk of waterborne diseases like cholera spreading, aid groups say.","keySentence":"","url":"death-toll-from-28-march-earthquake-in-myanmar-rises-above-3500-junta-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/04\/07\/death-toll-from-28-march-earthquake-in-myanmar-rises-above-3500-junta-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The death toll from last month\u2019s devastating earthquake in Myanmar has risen above 3,500, as the chance of finding survivors grows ever more remote. \n\nRescue crews from India, Malaysia and Singapore have returned to their countries after finishing their work, Myanmar's fire services department said on Monday. \n\nIt added that 10 bodies were recently recovered from the rubble of a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, which is located close to the epicentre of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck the country on 28 March. \n\nState media reported on Monday that at least 3,564 people were killed in the disaster, with more than 5,000 others injured and more than 200 people still missing. \n\nHeavy rains and winds hampered rescue and relief operations over the weekend, while adding to the difficulties of those whose homes have been destroyed. \n\nFurther thunderstorms are possible in parts of the country this week, forecasters say. \n\nThe recent wet weather has led to the increased risk of waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea and cholera spreading, the NGO Save the Children warned on Monday. \n\nJeremy Stoner, the charity's interim Asia regional director, said: \"The situation right now is desperate for children and their families. After being forced to flee from their ruined homes, they are now facing unseasonably early rains on top of the brutal heat.\" \n\n\u201cWith clean water in short supply, it's difficult for people to maintain proper hygiene \u2013 and that can lead to disease outbreaks. We're concerned that we could start seeing a growing number of children getting sick with illnesses like diarrhoea, as is often the case in the aftermath of crises like this where the scale of damage is so high.\"\n\nThe earthquake has deepened the problems already facing Myanmar since a civil war broke out after the military seized power from the democratically elected government in 2021. \n\nAlthough the junta and its opponents have announced ceasefires to allow aid to be delivered to communities affected by the earthquake, both sides have accused the other of breaking the temporary truces. \n\nSpeaking on Friday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T\u00fcrk said: \"I urge a halt to all military operations, and for the focus to be on assisting those impacted by the quake, as well as ensuring unhindered access to humanitarian organisations that are ready to support.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The death toll from last month\u2019s devastating earthquake in Myanmar has risen above 3,500, as the chance of finding survivors grows ever more remote. <\/p>\n<p>Rescue crews from India, Malaysia and Singapore have returned to their countries after finishing their work, Myanmar's fire services department said on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>It added that 10 bodies were recently recovered from the rubble of a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, which is located close to the epicentre of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck the country on 28 March. <\/p>\n<p>State media reported on Monday that at least 3,564 people were killed in the disaster, with more than 5,000 others injured and more than 200 people still missing. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//17//68//28//808x539_cmsv2_cfaf81af-b345-5120-b674-18f038188d01-9176828.jpg/" alt=\"People clean debris from damaged buildings in the aftermath of an earthquake in Naypyidaw, 7 April, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/17\/68\/28\/384x256_cmsv2_cfaf81af-b345-5120-b674-18f038188d01-9176828.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/17\/68\/28\/640x427_cmsv2_cfaf81af-b345-5120-b674-18f038188d01-9176828.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/17\/68\/28\/750x500_cmsv2_cfaf81af-b345-5120-b674-18f038188d01-9176828.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/17\/68\/28\/828x552_cmsv2_cfaf81af-b345-5120-b674-18f038188d01-9176828.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/17\/68\/28\/1080x720_cmsv2_cfaf81af-b345-5120-b674-18f038188d01-9176828.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/17\/68\/28\/1200x800_cmsv2_cfaf81af-b345-5120-b674-18f038188d01-9176828.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/17\/68\/28\/1920x1280_cmsv2_cfaf81af-b345-5120-b674-18f038188d01-9176828.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People clean debris from damaged buildings in the aftermath of an earthquake in Naypyidaw, 7 April, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Heavy rains and winds hampered rescue and relief operations over the weekend, while adding to the difficulties of those whose homes have been destroyed. <\/p>\n<p>Further thunderstorms are possible in parts of the country this week, forecasters say. <\/p>\n<p>The recent wet weather has led to the increased risk of waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea and cholera spreading, the NGO Save the Children warned on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Stoner, the charity's interim Asia regional director, said: \"The situation right now is desperate for children and their families. After being forced to flee from their ruined homes, they are now facing unseasonably early rains on top of the brutal heat.\" <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith clean water in short supply, it's difficult for people to maintain proper hygiene \u2013 and that can lead to disease outbreaks. We're concerned that we could start seeing a growing number of children getting sick with illnesses like diarrhoea, as is often the case in the aftermath of crises like this where the scale of damage is so high.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9168334,9174728\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//04//07//efforts-to-clear-earthquake-debris-continue-in-myanmars-capital/">Efforts to clear earthquake debris continue in Myanmar's capital<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//04//04//field-hospitals-rise-as-myanmars-health-response-struggles-to-cope/">Field 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The junta said it would still take \u201cnecessary\u201d measures against the groups if they use the ceasefire to regroup, train or launch attacks.\n\nSeparately, it was announced on state television that junta leader Min Aung Hlaing would leave Myanmar on Thursday to attend a regional summit of mostly South Asian nations in Bangkok. \n\nHis planned attendance at the BIMSTEC summit \u2014 which was confirmed by Thailand's foreign ministry \u2014 marks a rare foreign trip for Min Aung Hlaing. \n\nHe has been ostracised in the region since seizing power, and is the subject of Western sanctions as well as an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC). 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With communication networks affected by the disaster and many places still difficult to reach, the official death toll could rise sharply as more information arrives. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9151738,9149694\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//03//30//myanmars-resistance-movement-announces-partial-ceasefire-to-facilitate-earthquake-rescue-e/">Myanmar resistance announces partial ceasefire to facilitate rescue efforts<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//03//28//chinas-yunnan-feels-myanmars-77-earthquake-no-casualties-reported/">China's Yunnan feels Myanmar's 7.7 earthquake, no casualties reported<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) said an initial assessment showed that four hospitals and one health centre had been completely destroyed, while another 32 hospitals and 18 health centres had been partially damaged. <\/p>\n<p>\"With infrastructure compromised and patient numbers surging, access to health care has become nearly impossible in many of the worst-hit areas,\" the UN agency said.<\/p>\n<p>\"Thousands of people are in urgent need of trauma care, surgical interventions and treatment for disease outbreaks,\" it said, warning that cholera was a particular risk.<\/p>\n<p>At least 1,550 international rescuers were operating alongside local citizens on Thursday, the military said. Rescue supplies and equipment have been sent by 17 nations.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake has exacerbated an already dire humanitarian crisis, with more than 3 million people displaced from their homes and nearly 20 million in need before the disaster, according to the UN.<\/p>\n<h2>Regional summit<\/h2>\n<p>Myanmar\u2019s military seized power in 2021 from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup that has led to a brutal civil war.<\/p>\n<p>Amid concerns that ongoing fighting could hinder aid efforts, the military declared a temporary ceasefire on Wednesday, until 22 April. <\/p>\n<p>The announcement followed unilateral temporary ceasefires announced by armed resistance groups opposed to military rule. The junta said it would still take \u201cnecessary\u201d measures against the groups if they use the ceasefire to regroup, train or launch attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, it was announced on state television that junta leader Min Aung Hlaing would leave Myanmar on Thursday to attend a regional summit of mostly South Asian nations in Bangkok. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9161034,9147442\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//03//27//myanmar-military-chief-min-aung-hlaing-commits-to-hold-elections-by-years-end/">Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing commits to hold elections by year's end<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//04//02//man-rescued-from-rubble-in-myanmar-five-days-after-devastating-magnitude-77-quake/">Myanmar's military junta declares temporary ceasefire to facilitate quake relief<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>His planned attendance at the BIMSTEC summit \u2014 which was confirmed by Thailand's foreign ministry \u2014 marks a rare foreign trip for Min Aung Hlaing. <\/p>\n<p>He has been ostracised in the region since seizing power, and is the subject of Western sanctions as well as an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Myanmar is not a member of the ICC, and the junta has dismissed the warrant.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1743676509,"updatedAt":1743685277,"publishedAt":1743684358,"firstPublishedAt":1743684358,"lastPublishedAt":1743684358,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/16\/48\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4b553b26-b5ff-564f-aa8c-ed4d9a6a5157-9164854.jpg","altText":"Myanmar's rescuers recover a body from a collapsed building following Friday's earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 1, 2025","caption":"Myanmar's rescuers recover a body from a collapsed building following Friday's earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 1, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":575}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":3238,"urlSafeValue":"guilbert","title":"Kieran Guilbert","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":203,"slug":"myanmar","urlSafeValue":"myanmar","title":"Myanmar","titleRaw":"Myanmar"},{"id":10565,"slug":"myanmar-politics","urlSafeValue":"myanmar-politics","title":"Myanmar politics","titleRaw":"Myanmar politics"},{"id":77,"slug":"earthquake","urlSafeValue":"earthquake","title":"Earthquake","titleRaw":"Earthquake"},{"id":18814,"slug":"disaster","urlSafeValue":"disaster","title":"disaster","titleRaw":"disaster"},{"id":28376,"slug":"southeast-asia","urlSafeValue":"southeast-asia","title":"Southeast Asia","titleRaw":"Southeast 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EARTHQUAKE SURVIVOR RESCUED","daletPyramidId":1046525,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Myanmar's military junta declares temporary ceasefire to facilitate quake relief","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Myanmar junta declares temporary ceasefire to facilitate quake relief","titleListing2":"Myanmar's military junta declares ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts","leadin":"The statement from the military's high command follows a series of unilateral temporary ceasefires announced by armed resistance groups opposed to military rule.","summary":"The statement from the military's high command follows a series of unilateral temporary ceasefires announced by armed resistance groups opposed to military rule.","keySentence":"","url":"man-rescued-from-rubble-in-myanmar-five-days-after-devastating-magnitude-77-quake","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/04\/02\/man-rescued-from-rubble-in-myanmar-five-days-after-devastating-magnitude-77-quake","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Myanmar's ruling military junta has declared a temporary ceasefire until 22 April to facilitate earthquake relief efforts and show compassion to the people affected, state television MRTV has reported.\n\nThe statement from the military's high command follows unilateral temporary ceasefires announced by armed resistance groups opposed to military rule.\n\nMRTV said ethnic armed groups and local militias must refrain from attacking state security forces and military bases, and must not organise, gather forces or expand territory. \n\nIf those groups do not follow those conditions, the army will take the necessary measures, the statement said.\n\nFive days after the deadly earthquake struck central Myanmar, hopes are fading of finding other survivors, with rescue crews hampered by the ongoing civil war, as well as by the severe damage the quake has caused to roads and bridges.\n\nMRTV reported on Wednesday that the death toll in Myanmar has risen to 2,886, with another 4,639 people injured.\n\nIn neighbouring Thailand, which was also affected, authorities said that at least 22 people had been killed.\n\nThe death toll in Myanmar is expected to rise above 3,000 on Wednesday, said Min Aung Hlaing, the junta chief who seized power in a military coup in 2021.\n\nHumanitarian groups have called for a ceasefire between the military and various armed ethnic groups to facilitate aid deliveries.\n\nAlthough some rebel groups have announced unilateral ceasefires, reports suggest that the junta is still launching attacks in areas damaged by the earthquake.\n\nEarlier, Tom Andrews, the UN's special rapporteur for human rights in Myanmar, had said military attacks must stop.\n\n\"The focus in Myanmar 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His condition remains unclear.\n\nThe earthquake, which devastated large parts of the country, has claimed over 2,700 lives. Rescue operations continue as hopes of finding more survivors fade.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A man has been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Myanmar, five days after a powerful earthquake struck the country, Myanmar's Fire Services Department reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The survivor was saved by a joint team of Myanmar and Turkish rescuers in the capital, Naypyidaw, around 12:30 am local time (18:00 GMT Tuesday). His condition remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake, which devastated large parts of the country, has claimed over 2,700 lives. 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from the rubble of a building in Myanmar's capital on Tuesday as hopes faded for finding more survivors of an earthquake that authorities say has killed more than 2,000 people.\n\nThe fire department in Nay Pyi Taw said the woman was successfully pulled from the rubble early Tuesday, 91 hours after the building collapsed in the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that occurred at midday Friday.\n\nThe country observed a minute of silence for the victims this morning, marking the exact time the earthquake began.\n\nExperts say the likelihood of finding people alive after such a disaster drops dramatically after 72 hours. And as rescue teams continue to search for survivors and bodies, stories of the earthquake's human cost are emerging.\n\nAccording to local reports, 200 Buddhist monks were killed when a monastery collapsed, 50 children died when a preschool classroom fell down, and 700 Muslims were killed while praying at mosques during Ramadan.\n\nAid groups are concerned that the disaster could lead to more hunger and disease outbreaks.\n\nRelief efforts are facing many difficulties, including power outages, fuel shortages, and spotty communication. There is also a shortage of heavy machinery, which has slowed down search-and-rescue operations.\n\nMeanwhile, emergency workers and civilian volunteers are combing through the rubble by hand in temperatures above 40\u00b0C.\n\nAt Mandalay\u2019s U Hla Thein monastery, rescue teams are still searching for around 150 dead monks.\n\nFull impact still unclear\n\nLauren Ellery, deputy director of the International Rescue Committee in Myanmar, said that information about the full extent of the destruction is still limited.\n\n\"We're still unsure about the full extent of the destruction at this point,\" she said.\n\nReports from a town near Mandalay indicate that up to 80% of buildings have collapsed, but slow communication has delayed news coverage.\n\nThe World Health Organisation reported that three hospitals have been destroyed, and 22 others have been damaged. The UN also stated that more than 10,000 buildings have been destroyed or severely damaged, including a preschool that collapsed in Mandalay district, killing 50 children and two teachers.\n\nOn Saturday, the resistance movement fighting Myanmar's ruling military junta announced a partial ceasefire to facilitate rescue efforts.\n\nRescue teams from Russia, India, and several Southeast Asian countries have joined the effort. On Monday, an Indian team was seen digging through rubble in Mandalay, recovering one body. Chinese rescue teams have pulled six survivors from the rubble in severely hit Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay.\u00a0\n\nSeveral other contributors, including the EU, Britain, and Australia, have pledged millions of dollars in aid.\n\nLooking for survivors in Bangkok\n\nMeanwhile, US military personnel have been sent to assist in Bangkok, where the earthquake killed at least 18 people, many at a construction site where a partially built high-rise collapsed. Another 33 people were injured, and 78 remain missing.\n\nOn Monday, heavy machinery was paused as rescue teams used equipment to search for survivors. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt confirmed that signs of life were detected on Sunday night, but experts couldn\u2019t determine if they were caused by machine error.\n\nNaruemon Thonglek, who lost her partner and five friends in the collapse, shared her hope for their survival: \"A part of me still hopes they will survive,\" she said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar's capital on Tuesday as hopes faded for finding more survivors of an earthquake that authorities say has killed more than 2,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>The fire department in Nay Pyi Taw said the woman was successfully pulled from the rubble early Tuesday, 91 hours after the building collapsed in the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that occurred at midday Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The country observed a minute of silence for the victims this morning, marking the exact time the earthquake began.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say the likelihood of finding people alive after such a disaster drops dramatically after 72 hours. And as rescue teams continue to search for survivors and bodies, stories of the earthquake's human cost are emerging.<\/p>\n<p>According to local reports, 200 Buddhist monks were killed when a monastery collapsed, 50 children died when a preschool classroom fell down, and 700 Muslims were killed while praying at mosques during Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>Aid groups are concerned that the disaster could lead to more hunger and disease outbreaks.<\/p>\n<p>Relief efforts are facing many difficulties, including power outages, fuel shortages, and spotty communication. There is also a shortage of heavy machinery, which has slowed down search-and-rescue operations.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, emergency workers and civilian volunteers are combing through the rubble by hand in temperatures above 40\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>At Mandalay\u2019s U Hla Thein monastery, rescue teams are still searching for around 150 dead monks.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Full impact still unclear<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Lauren Ellery, deputy director of the International Rescue Committee in Myanmar, said that information about the full extent of the destruction is still limited.<\/p>\n<p>\"We're still unsure about the full extent of the destruction at this point,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from a town near Mandalay indicate that up to 80% of buildings have collapsed, but slow communication has delayed news coverage.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organisation reported that three hospitals have been destroyed, and 22 others have been damaged. The UN also stated that more than 10,000 buildings have been destroyed or severely damaged, including a preschool that collapsed in Mandalay district, killing 50 children and two teachers.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the resistance movement fighting Myanmar's ruling military junta announced a partial ceasefire to facilitate rescue efforts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//15//62//74//808x539_cmsv2_23ac56da-7d74-5ba5-a949-4c6583c50242-9156274.jpg/" alt=\"People carry their belongings as they leave their homes, damaged by Friday&#39;s earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 1, 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/62\/74\/384x256_cmsv2_23ac56da-7d74-5ba5-a949-4c6583c50242-9156274.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/62\/74\/640x427_cmsv2_23ac56da-7d74-5ba5-a949-4c6583c50242-9156274.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/62\/74\/750x500_cmsv2_23ac56da-7d74-5ba5-a949-4c6583c50242-9156274.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/62\/74\/828x552_cmsv2_23ac56da-7d74-5ba5-a949-4c6583c50242-9156274.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/62\/74\/1080x720_cmsv2_23ac56da-7d74-5ba5-a949-4c6583c50242-9156274.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/62\/74\/1200x800_cmsv2_23ac56da-7d74-5ba5-a949-4c6583c50242-9156274.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/62\/74\/1920x1281_cmsv2_23ac56da-7d74-5ba5-a949-4c6583c50242-9156274.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People carry their belongings as they leave their homes, damaged by Friday&#39;s earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 1, 2025.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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Chinese rescue teams have pulled six survivors from the rubble in severely hit Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several other contributors, including the EU, Britain, and Australia, have pledged millions of dollars in aid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9149436,9149694\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//03//31//is-it-safe-to-travel-to-thailand-and-is-bangkok-airport-open-latest-advice-after-myanmar-e/">Is it safe to travel to Thailand and is Bangkok airport open? Latest advice after Myanmar earthquake<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//03//28//chinas-yunnan-feels-myanmars-77-earthquake-no-casualties-reported/">China's Yunnan feels Myanmar's 7.7 earthquake, no casualties reported<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>Looking for survivors in Bangkok<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, US military personnel have been sent to assist in Bangkok, where the earthquake killed at least 18 people, many at a construction site where a partially built high-rise collapsed. Another 33 people were injured, and 78 remain missing.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, heavy machinery was paused as rescue teams used equipment to search for survivors. 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HUMANITARIAN CRISIS","daletPyramidId":1024846,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Myanmar earthquake death toll surpasses 2,000 amid worsening humanitarian crisis","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Myanmar quake death toll surpasses 2,000 amid hampered aid efforts","titleListing2":"Myanmar earthquake death toll surpasses 2,000 amid worsening humanitarian crisis","leadin":"Myanmar, where an ongoing civil war began in 2021, was already one of the most challenging places in the world for aid organisations to operate in.","summary":"Myanmar, where an ongoing civil war began in 2021, was already one of the most challenging places in the world for aid organisations to operate in.","keySentence":"","url":"earthquake-worsens-dire-humanitarian-crisis-in-myanmar-says-un","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/03\/31\/earthquake-worsens-dire-humanitarian-crisis-in-myanmar-says-un","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The death toll from last week's powerful earthquake\u00a0in Myanmar has risen above 2,000, as the UN and aid groups warn the disaster could exacerbate hunger and disease outbreaks in a country already wracked by food shortages, mass displacement and civil war. \n\nFriday's 7.7-magnitude\u00a0quake, whose epicentre was near Mandalay, the country's second largest city, killed at least 2,056 people, the ruling military junta said on Monday.\n\nMore than 3,900 people were injured and 270 others remain missing, it added. \n\nThe earthquake destroyed hundreds of buildings and buckled roads across a swath of central Myanmar.\n\nAs a result of its\u00a0ongoing civil war and its poor infrastructure,\u00a0Myanmar was already one of the most challenging places in the world for aid organisations to operate in. Now, its humanitarian crisis is set to worsen. \n\n\"This latest tragedy compounds an already dire crisis and risks further eroding the resilience of communities already battered by conflict, displacement, and past disasters,\" the UN's Myanmar country team said, calling for unimpeded access for aid convoys, medical personnel and assessment teams.\n\n\"Even before this earthquake, nearly 20 million people in Myanmar were in need of humanitarian assistance,\" said Marcoluigi Corsi, the UNICEF Representative to Myanmar. \n\nImpact of the 2021 military coup\n\nRescue efforts are complicated by the bloody civil war which started in 2021, following the military coup that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.\n\nThe putsch initially sparked nationwide protests, but they soon morphed into a significant armed resistance.\n\nMore than three million people have so far been displaced by the fighting, according to the UN.\n\nLauren Ellery, the deputy director of programmes in Myanmar for the International Rescue Committee (IRC), said that the part of the country worst hit by the earthquake was seriously damaged by flooding last year. \n\nIt is also an area where many of the country\u2019s internally displaced people have sought refuge.\n\nSince the earthquake, many people have been sleeping outside, either because their homes have been destroyed or because they are worried that the continuing aftershocks might bring them down.\n\nWith the monsoon rains starting in May, finding people shelter was going to be a major challenge, she said.\n\n\"You have these flooding events...that lead to disease outbreaks, they lead to displacement and food insecurity, but then with damaged hospitals and clearly damaged sanitation systems, it\u2019s really increasing the risk of disease outbreaks,\" she added.\n\n\"It's pretty much unparalleled stress on many, many vulnerable people.\"\n\nFull extent of devastation not yet clear\n\nAid agencies in Myanmar say their teams on the ground still do not have a true picture of the devastation.\n\n\"We're really not clear on the scale of the destruction at this stage,\" Ellery said.\n\n\"They were talking about a town near Mandalay where 80% of the buildings were reportedly collapsed, but it wasn't in the news because telecommunications have been slow.\"\n\nAnd groups the IRC works with reported that some places have been physically cut off by landslides, she said.\n\nThe World Health Organisation (WHO) said it has reports of three hospitals being destroyed and 22 partially damaged in the region.\n\n\"The scale of deaths and injuries is not yet fully understood and the numbers are expected to increase,\" the WHO said in a report.\n\n\"The earthquake's devastation has overwhelmed health care facilities in the affected areas, which are struggling to manage the influx of injured individuals,\" it added.\n\n\"There is an urgent need for trauma and surgical care, blood transfusion supplies, anaesthetics, essential medicines and mental health support.\"\n\nAn artificial intelligence analysis of satellite images in Mandalay by Microsoft's AI for Good Lab showed 515 buildings with between 80% and 100% damage, and another 1,524 with between 20% and 80% damage.\n\nIt was not clear what percentage of the city's buildings that represented.\n\nRelief efforts have been hampered by severe damage to roads, bridges and hospitals, as well as by power outages, fuel shortages and patchy communications.\n\nA lack of heavy machinery has also\u00a0slowed search-and-rescue operations, forcing many people to search for survivors by hand. \n\nThe National Unity Government, which represents Suu Kyi's ousted government, has said the country's military has continued ground attacks in earthquake-affected areas. \n\nThis comes as aid organisations and the UN call for a ceasefire so that aid can be properly distributed.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The death toll from last week's powerful earthquake\u00a0in Myanmar has risen above 2,000, as the UN and aid groups warn the disaster could exacerbate hunger and disease outbreaks in a country already wracked by food shortages, mass displacement and civil war. <\/p>\n<p>Friday's 7.7-magnitude\u00a0quake, whose epicentre was near Mandalay, the country's second largest city, killed at least 2,056 people, the ruling military junta said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>More than 3,900 people were injured and 270 others remain missing, it added. <\/p>\n<p>The earthquake destroyed hundreds of buildings and buckled roads across a swath of central Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of its\u00a0ongoing civil war and its poor infrastructure,\u00a0Myanmar was already one of the most challenging places in the world for aid organisations to operate in. Now, its humanitarian crisis is set to worsen. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//15//48//54//808x539_cmsv2_865f6f9b-fa44-5188-bf14-f43e1f78f7ab-9154854.jpg/" alt=\"Rescuers work at the Sky Villa Condo that collapsed In Friday&#39;s earthquake in Mandalay, 30 March, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/48\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_865f6f9b-fa44-5188-bf14-f43e1f78f7ab-9154854.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/48\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_865f6f9b-fa44-5188-bf14-f43e1f78f7ab-9154854.jpg 640w, 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2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"This latest tragedy compounds an already dire crisis and risks further eroding the resilience of communities already battered by conflict, displacement, and past disasters,\" the UN's Myanmar country team said, calling for unimpeded access for aid convoys, medical personnel and assessment teams.<\/p>\n<p>\"Even before this earthquake, nearly 20 million people in Myanmar were in need of humanitarian assistance,\" said Marcoluigi Corsi, the UNICEF Representative to Myanmar. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>Impact of the 2021 military coup<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Rescue efforts are complicated by the bloody civil war which started in 2021, following the military coup that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.<\/p>\n<p>The putsch initially sparked nationwide protests, but they soon morphed into a significant armed resistance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//15//48//54//808x539_cmsv2_59b552d4-8554-56a4-8730-f0171ba5abd0-9154854.jpg/" alt=\"Damaged buildings are seen in the aftermath of an earthquake in the capital Naypyidaw, 30 March, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/48\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_59b552d4-8554-56a4-8730-f0171ba5abd0-9154854.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/48\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_59b552d4-8554-56a4-8730-f0171ba5abd0-9154854.jpg 640w, 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2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>More than three million people have so far been displaced by the fighting, according to the UN.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Ellery, the deputy director of programmes in Myanmar for the International Rescue Committee (IRC), said that the part of the country worst hit by the earthquake was seriously damaged by flooding last year. <\/p>\n<p>It is also an area where many of the country\u2019s internally displaced people have sought refuge.<\/p>\n<p>Since the earthquake, many people have been sleeping outside, either because their homes have been destroyed or because they are worried that the continuing aftershocks might bring them down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9149436,9151738\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2025//03//31//is-it-safe-to-travel-to-thailand-and-is-bangkok-airport-open-latest-advice-after-myanmar-e/">Is it safe to travel to Thailand and is Bangkok airport open? Latest advice after Myanmar earthquake<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//03//30//myanmars-resistance-movement-announces-partial-ceasefire-to-facilitate-earthquake-rescue-e/">Myanmar resistance announces partial ceasefire to facilitate rescue efforts<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>With the monsoon rains starting in May, finding people shelter was going to be a major challenge, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\"You have these flooding events...that lead to disease outbreaks, they lead to displacement and food insecurity, but then with damaged hospitals and clearly damaged sanitation systems, it\u2019s really increasing the risk of disease outbreaks,\" she added.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's pretty much unparalleled stress on many, many vulnerable people.\"<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Full extent of devastation not yet clear<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Aid agencies in Myanmar say their teams on the ground still do not have a true picture of the devastation.<\/p>\n<p>\"We're really not clear on the scale of the destruction at this stage,\" Ellery said.<\/p>\n<p>\"They were talking about a town near Mandalay where 80% of the buildings were reportedly collapsed, but it wasn't in the news because telecommunications have been slow.\"<\/p>\n<p>And groups the IRC works with reported that some places have been physically cut off by landslides, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it has reports of three hospitals being destroyed and 22 partially damaged in the region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.667\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//15//48//54//808x539_cmsv2_116c984e-eafe-58db-a3c8-f82a68cdf8e8-9154854.jpg/" alt=\"The damaged Ottara Thiri Hospital in the aftermath of Friday&#39;s earthquake in Naypyidaw, 31 March, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/48\/54\/384x256_cmsv2_116c984e-eafe-58db-a3c8-f82a68cdf8e8-9154854.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/48\/54\/640x427_cmsv2_116c984e-eafe-58db-a3c8-f82a68cdf8e8-9154854.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/48\/54\/750x500_cmsv2_116c984e-eafe-58db-a3c8-f82a68cdf8e8-9154854.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/48\/54\/828x552_cmsv2_116c984e-eafe-58db-a3c8-f82a68cdf8e8-9154854.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/48\/54\/1080x720_cmsv2_116c984e-eafe-58db-a3c8-f82a68cdf8e8-9154854.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/48\/54\/1200x800_cmsv2_116c984e-eafe-58db-a3c8-f82a68cdf8e8-9154854.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/48\/54\/1920x1281_cmsv2_116c984e-eafe-58db-a3c8-f82a68cdf8e8-9154854.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The damaged Ottara Thiri Hospital in the aftermath of Friday&#39;s earthquake in Naypyidaw, 31 March, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\"The scale of deaths and injuries is not yet fully understood and the numbers are expected to increase,\" the WHO said in a report.<\/p>\n<p>\"The earthquake's devastation has overwhelmed health care facilities in the affected areas, which are struggling to manage the influx of injured individuals,\" it added.<\/p>\n<p>\"There is an urgent need for trauma and surgical care, blood transfusion supplies, anaesthetics, essential medicines and mental health support.\"<\/p>\n<p>An artificial intelligence analysis of satellite images in Mandalay by Microsoft's AI for Good Lab showed 515 buildings with between 80% and 100% damage, and another 1,524 with between 20% and 80% damage.<\/p>\n<p>It was not clear what percentage of the city's buildings that represented.<\/p>\n<p>Relief efforts have been hampered by severe damage to roads, bridges and hospitals, as well as by power outages, fuel shortages and patchy communications.<\/p>\n<p>A lack of heavy machinery has also\u00a0slowed search-and-rescue operations, forcing many people to search for survivors by hand. <\/p>\n<p>The National Unity Government, which represents Suu Kyi's ousted government, has said the country's military has continued ground attacks in earthquake-affected areas. <\/p>\n<p>This comes as aid organisations and the UN call for a ceasefire so that aid can be properly distributed.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1743425156,"updatedAt":1743432934,"publishedAt":1743430944,"firstPublishedAt":1743430944,"lastPublishedAt":1743431788,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/48\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f4dea590-866b-53ce-a393-150e57bb293f-9154854.jpg","altText":"Members of a Chinese search and rescue team transfer a pregnant survivor from a collapsed building in the aftermath of an earthquake in Mandalay, 31 March, 2025","caption":"Members of a Chinese search and rescue team transfer a pregnant survivor from a collapsed building in the aftermath of an earthquake in Mandalay, 31 March, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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AFTERSHOCK SUNDAY","daletPyramidId":1013861,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"More than 1,700 people die after Myanmar earthquake","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"More than 1,700 people die after Myanmar earthquake","titleListing2":"More than 1,700 people die after Myanmar earthquake","leadin":"Myanmar continues to be hit by a string of aftershocks, the latest being a 5.1-magnitude earthquake that struck on Sunday morning. This follows a 7.7-magnitude quake that hit on Friday leaving at least 1,700 people dead.","summary":"Myanmar continues to be hit by a string of aftershocks, the latest being a 5.1-magnitude earthquake that struck on Sunday morning. This follows a 7.7-magnitude quake that hit on Friday leaving at least 1,700 people dead.","keySentence":"","url":"51-magnitude-aftershock-hits-near-mandalay-in-myanmar","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/03\/30\/51-magnitude-aftershock-hits-near-mandalay-in-myanmar","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Mandalay in Myanmar on Sunday morning, the latest string of aftershocks.\n\nThe quake struck as emergency teams continued rescue operations in the hardest-hit areas of Myanmar following Friday's massive 7.7-magnitude tremor, which has left more than 1,700 people dead and more than 3,408 injured according to the country's ruling military junta. \n\nThere were no immediate reports of further damage after the latest aftershock.\n\nRescue efforts have been hindered by downed bridges, damaged roads, Unreliable communications and a civil war. According to local media many of Mandalay's 1.5 million people were left sleeping on the streets as their homes were either brought down and they have been left homeless or in fear of the aftershocks. \n\nThe earthquake's epicentre on Friday was near Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, toppling many buildings and damaging infrastructure, including the city's airport. \n\nNeighbouring China and Thailand were also shaken by the quake, with at least 17 people reported dead in Thailand and 83 missing, while a tower in Bangkok collapsed.\n\nMany hard-to-reach areas have yet to be accessed, while many rescue efforts have been carried out by civilians working by hand, in 41-degree Celsius heat. According to Cara Bragg, the Yangon-based manager of Catholic Relief Services in Myanmar, who said, \u201cIt's mainly been local volunteers, local people who are just trying to find their loved ones,\u201d adding, \u201cI've also seen reports that now some countries are sending search and rescue teams up to Mandalay to support the efforts, but hospitals are really struggling to cope with the influx of injured people, there's a shortage of medical supplies, and people are struggling to find food and clean water.\u201d\n\nMeanwhile, Myanmar's resistance announced a partial ceasefire on Saturday to facilitate rescue efforts. \n\nThe Shadow National Unity Government, which leads the fight against the military junta that took power in 2021, has announced that its armed wing, the People's Defence Force (PDF), will halt offensive military operations starting Sunday in areas affected by the earthquake.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Mandalay in Myanmar on Sunday morning, the latest string of aftershocks.<\/p>\n<p>The quake struck as emergency teams continued rescue operations in the hardest-hit areas of Myanmar following Friday's massive 7.7-magnitude tremor, which has left more than 1,700 people dead and more than 3,408 injured according to the country's ruling military junta. <\/p>\n<p>There were no immediate reports of further damage after the latest aftershock.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue efforts have been hindered by downed bridges, damaged roads, Unreliable communications and a civil war. According to local media many of Mandalay's 1.5 million people were left sleeping on the streets as their homes were either brought down and they have been left homeless or in fear of the aftershocks. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//15//20//14//808x608_cmsv2_70b9fb4b-b1b6-5074-83b2-d8caabf00a5f-9152014.jpg/" alt=\"A Buddhist monk walks near a collapsed pagoda after an earthquake in Mandalay, central Myanmar, Sunday, March 30, 2025. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/384x288_cmsv2_70b9fb4b-b1b6-5074-83b2-d8caabf00a5f-9152014.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/640x480_cmsv2_70b9fb4b-b1b6-5074-83b2-d8caabf00a5f-9152014.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/750x563_cmsv2_70b9fb4b-b1b6-5074-83b2-d8caabf00a5f-9152014.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/828x621_cmsv2_70b9fb4b-b1b6-5074-83b2-d8caabf00a5f-9152014.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/1080x810_cmsv2_70b9fb4b-b1b6-5074-83b2-d8caabf00a5f-9152014.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/1200x900_cmsv2_70b9fb4b-b1b6-5074-83b2-d8caabf00a5f-9152014.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/1920x1440_cmsv2_70b9fb4b-b1b6-5074-83b2-d8caabf00a5f-9152014.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Buddhist monk walks near a collapsed pagoda after an earthquake in Mandalay, central Myanmar, Sunday, March 30, 2025. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Thein Zaw\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The earthquake's epicentre on Friday was near Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, toppling many buildings and damaging infrastructure, including the city's airport. <\/p>\n<p>Neighbouring China and Thailand were also shaken by the quake, with at least 17 people reported dead in Thailand and 83 missing, while a tower in Bangkok collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>Many hard-to-reach areas have yet to be accessed, while many rescue efforts have been carried out by civilians working by hand, in 41-degree Celsius heat. According to Cara Bragg, the Yangon-based manager of Catholic Relief Services in Myanmar, who said, \u201cIt's mainly been local volunteers, local people who are just trying to find their loved ones,\u201d adding, \u201cI've also seen reports that now some countries are sending search and rescue teams up to Mandalay to support the efforts, but hospitals are really struggling to cope with the influx of injured people, there's a shortage of medical supplies, and people are struggling to find food and clean water.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//15//20//14//808x539_cmsv2_e705464d-cabf-59c8-b153-83098e39da9e-9152014.jpg/" alt=\"A map depicting Myanmar\u2019s location next to China. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/384x256_cmsv2_e705464d-cabf-59c8-b153-83098e39da9e-9152014.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/640x427_cmsv2_e705464d-cabf-59c8-b153-83098e39da9e-9152014.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/750x500_cmsv2_e705464d-cabf-59c8-b153-83098e39da9e-9152014.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/828x552_cmsv2_e705464d-cabf-59c8-b153-83098e39da9e-9152014.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/1080x720_cmsv2_e705464d-cabf-59c8-b153-83098e39da9e-9152014.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/1200x800_cmsv2_e705464d-cabf-59c8-b153-83098e39da9e-9152014.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/1920x1281_cmsv2_e705464d-cabf-59c8-b153-83098e39da9e-9152014.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A map depicting Myanmar\u2019s location next to China. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Illustration\/Peter Hamlin\/Global Witness<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Myanmar's resistance <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//03//30//myanmars-resistance-movement-announces-partial-ceasefire-to-facilitate-earthquake-rescue-e/">announced a partial ceasefire<\/a> on Saturday to facilitate rescue efforts. <\/p>\n<p>The Shadow National Unity Government, which leads the fight against the military junta that took power in 2021, has announced that its armed wing, the People's Defence Force (PDF), will halt offensive military operations starting Sunday in areas affected by the earthquake.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1743321997,"updatedAt":1743400695,"publishedAt":1743323576,"firstPublishedAt":1743323576,"lastPublishedAt":1743400695,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/20\/14\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_119e2b72-e66a-5c66-8f7e-c9e26d4a6498-9152014.jpg","altText":"A person goes through rubble at a Buddhist monastery building that has collapsed following an earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Sunday, March 30, 2025.","caption":"A person goes through rubble at a Buddhist monastery building that has collapsed following an earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Sunday, March 30, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Aung Shine 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PARTIAL CEASEFIRE","daletPyramidId":1011900,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Myanmar resistance announces partial ceasefire to facilitate rescue efforts","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Myanmar resistance declares partial ceasefire to allow relief efforts","titleListing2":"Myanmar's resistance announces a partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake rescue efforts.","leadin":"The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday has claimed the lives of at least 1,644 people and injured 2,376, according to the country's ruling military junta.","summary":"The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday has claimed the lives of at least 1,644 people and injured 2,376, according to the country's ruling military junta.","keySentence":"","url":"myanmars-resistance-movement-announces-partial-ceasefire-to-facilitate-earthquake-rescue-e","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/03\/30\/myanmars-resistance-movement-announces-partial-ceasefire-to-facilitate-earthquake-rescue-e","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Myanmar's main resistance movement to the country's military junta has announced a unilateral partial ceasefire in order to aid rescue efforts after a 7.7 earthquake struck the country on Friday.\n\nThe Shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the struggle against the ruling military junta which came to power in 2021, has said its armed wing, the People's Defence Force (PDF) will cease offensive military operations from Sunday in areas affected by the earthquake.\n\nThe death toll in Myanmar from Friday\u2019s magnitude 7.7 earthquake has risen to 1,644, the AFP news agency quoting the ruling military junta has said.\n\nThe quake rocked central Myanmar\u2019s city of Mandalay around midday local time, causing extensive damage across a wide swath of one of the world\u2019s poorest countries.\n\nAuthorities say 2,376 have been injured, and 30 others are missing.\n\nThe full extent of the death, injury and destruction was not immediately clear \u2013 particularly in Myanmar, which is embroiled in a civil war, and where information is tightly controlled.\n\n\u201cThe death toll and injuries are expected to rise,\u201d the head of Myanmar\u2019s military government, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said as he announced on television the latest death toll.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Myanmar's main resistance movement to the country's military junta has announced a unilateral partial ceasefire in order to aid rescue efforts after a 7.7 earthquake struck the country on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the struggle against the ruling military junta which came to power in 2021, has said its armed wing, the People's Defence Force (PDF) will cease offensive military operations from Sunday in areas affected by the earthquake.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1906029611311399211\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The death toll in Myanmar from Friday\u2019s magnitude 7.7 earthquake has risen to 1,644, the AFP news agency quoting the ruling military junta has said.<\/p>\n<p>The quake rocked central Myanmar\u2019s city of Mandalay around midday local time, causing extensive damage across a wide swath of one of the world\u2019s poorest countries.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say 2,376 have been injured, and 30 others are missing.<\/p>\n<p>The full extent of the death, injury and destruction was not immediately clear \u2013 particularly 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THAILAND QUAKE","daletPyramidId":1007363,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"At least 1,644 dead after powerful earthquake rocks Myanmar, junta says","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"At least 1,644 dead after earthquake rocks Myanmar, junta says","titleListing2":"At least 1,000 dead after powerful earthquake rocks Myanmar.","leadin":"At least 1,000 people have been killed and 2,376 injured after a powerful 7.7 magnitude tremor struck the city of Mandalay in central Myanmar. Aftershocks could be felt as far as Bangkok in neighbouring Thailand.","summary":"At least 1,000 people have been killed and 2,376 injured after a powerful 7.7 magnitude tremor struck the city of Mandalay in central Myanmar. Aftershocks could be felt as far as Bangkok in neighbouring Thailand.","keySentence":"","url":"hundreds-feared-dead-after-powerful-earthquake-rocks-myanmar","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/03\/29\/hundreds-feared-dead-after-powerful-earthquake-rocks-myanmar","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The death toll in Myanmar from Friday\u2019s magnitude 7.7 earthquake has risen to 1,644, the AFP news agency quoting the ruling military junta has said.\n\nThe quake rocked central Myanmar\u2019s city of Mandalay around midday local time, causing extensive damage across a wide swath of one of the world\u2019s poorest countries.\n\nAuthorities say 2,376 have been injured, and 30 others are missing.\n\nThe full extent of the death, injury and destruction was not immediately clear \u2013 particularly in Myanmar, which is embroiled in a civil war, and where information is tightly controlled.\n\n\u201cThe death toll and injuries are expected to rise,\u201d the head of Myanmar\u2019s military government, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said as he announced on television the latest death toll.\n\nAt least 10 lives were also lost in the Thai capital, Bangkok \u2013 some 1,330 km southeast of the epicentre \u2013 after a high-rise building under construction collapsed. Authorities also announced that over a dozen people were injured, to varying degrees, and more than 100 people were missing from three construction sites.\n\nThe 7.7 magnitude quake struck at midday near Myanmar\u2019s second largest city of Mandalay. Aftershocks followed, more than 50, according to national geological agencies, with the strongest measuring in at 6.4 magnitude.\n\nMyanmar is in an active earthquake belt, though many of the temblors usually happen in sparsely populated areas, not cities like those affected Friday.\n\nThe US Geological Survey \u2013 an American government science agency \u2013 estimated that the death toll in Myanmar\u2019s quakes could top 10,000.\n\nIn Mandalay, the earthquake reportedly brought down multiple buildings, including one of the city\u2019s largest monasteries. Photos from the capital city of Naypyidaw showed rescue crews pulling victims from the rubble of multiple buildings used to house civil servants.\n\nInternational rescue efforts underway\n\nMyanmar's government said blood was in high demand in the hardest-hit areas. In a country where prior governments sometimes have been slow to accept foreign aid, Min Aung Hlaing said Myanmar was ready to accept assistance.\n\nChina and Russia were among the first countries to provide humanitarian assistance. China said it sent more than 136 rescue personnel and experts, along with medical supplies and generators, while Russia flew in 120 rescuers with supplies, according to its Emergencies Ministry.\n\nNeighbouring India also sent a search and rescue team, while Malaysia said it 50 people would be sent to help on Sunday.\n\nThe United Nations allocated $5 million (\u20ac4.62 million) to start relief efforts. US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington was going to help with the response, but some experts were concerned about this effort given his administration\u2019s deep cuts in foreign assistance.\n\nThe effects of his administration\u2019s deep cuts in foreign assistance through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department will likely be tested in any response to the first big natural disaster of his second term.\n\nBut amid images of buckled and cracked roads and reports of a collapsed bridge and a burst dam, there were concerns about how rescuers would even reach some areas in a country already enduring a humanitarian crisis.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The death toll in Myanmar from Friday\u2019s magnitude 7.7 earthquake has risen to 1,644, the AFP news agency quoting the ruling military junta has said.<\/p>\n<p>The quake rocked central Myanmar\u2019s city of Mandalay around midday local time, causing extensive damage across a wide swath of one of the world\u2019s poorest countries.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say 2,376 have been injured, and 30 others are missing.<\/p>\n<p>The full extent of the death, injury and destruction was not immediately clear \u2013 particularly in Myanmar, which is embroiled in a civil war, and where information is tightly controlled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe death toll and injuries are expected to rise,\u201d the head of Myanmar\u2019s military government, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said as he announced on television the latest death toll.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//15//08//08//808x539_cmsv2_64ad6bd2-71e6-5ef3-9a16-a58d2efc825a-9150808.jpg/" alt=\"Myanmar rescuers search for survivors of Friday&#39;s earthquake beneath a damaged building in Naypyidaw, 29 March, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_64ad6bd2-71e6-5ef3-9a16-a58d2efc825a-9150808.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_64ad6bd2-71e6-5ef3-9a16-a58d2efc825a-9150808.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_64ad6bd2-71e6-5ef3-9a16-a58d2efc825a-9150808.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_64ad6bd2-71e6-5ef3-9a16-a58d2efc825a-9150808.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_64ad6bd2-71e6-5ef3-9a16-a58d2efc825a-9150808.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_64ad6bd2-71e6-5ef3-9a16-a58d2efc825a-9150808.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/1920x1280_cmsv2_64ad6bd2-71e6-5ef3-9a16-a58d2efc825a-9150808.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Myanmar rescuers search for survivors of Friday&#39;s earthquake beneath a damaged building in Naypyidaw, 29 March, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>At least 10 lives were also lost in the Thai capital, Bangkok \u2013 some 1,330 km southeast of the epicentre \u2013 after a high-rise building under construction collapsed. Authorities also announced that over a dozen people were injured, to varying degrees, and more than 100 people were missing from three construction sites.<\/p>\n<p>The 7.7 magnitude quake struck at midday near Myanmar\u2019s second largest city of Mandalay. Aftershocks followed, more than 50, according to national geological agencies, with the strongest measuring in at 6.4 magnitude.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6728515625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//15//08//08//808x542_cmsv2_87144692-8ef9-50f2-a1a2-76f8a9227d70-9150808.jpg/" alt=\"Rescuers work at the site a high-rise building under construction that collapsed after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March 28, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/384x258_cmsv2_87144692-8ef9-50f2-a1a2-76f8a9227d70-9150808.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/640x431_cmsv2_87144692-8ef9-50f2-a1a2-76f8a9227d70-9150808.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/750x505_cmsv2_87144692-8ef9-50f2-a1a2-76f8a9227d70-9150808.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/828x557_cmsv2_87144692-8ef9-50f2-a1a2-76f8a9227d70-9150808.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/1080x727_cmsv2_87144692-8ef9-50f2-a1a2-76f8a9227d70-9150808.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/1200x807_cmsv2_87144692-8ef9-50f2-a1a2-76f8a9227d70-9150808.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/1920x1292_cmsv2_87144692-8ef9-50f2-a1a2-76f8a9227d70-9150808.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rescuers work at the site a high-rise building under construction that collapsed after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March 28, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Wason Wanichakorn\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Myanmar is in an active earthquake belt, though many of the temblors usually happen in sparsely populated areas, not cities like those affected Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The US Geological Survey \u2013 an American government science agency \u2013 estimated that the death toll in Myanmar\u2019s quakes could top 10,000.<\/p>\n<p>In Mandalay, the earthquake reportedly brought down multiple buildings, including one of the city\u2019s largest monasteries. Photos from the capital city of Naypyidaw showed rescue crews pulling victims from the rubble of multiple buildings used to house civil servants.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>International rescue efforts underway<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Myanmar's government said blood was in high demand in the hardest-hit areas. In a country where prior governments sometimes have been slow to accept foreign aid, Min Aung Hlaing said Myanmar was ready to accept assistance.<\/p>\n<p>China and Russia were among the first countries to provide humanitarian assistance. China said it sent more than 136 rescue personnel and experts, along with medical supplies and generators, while Russia flew in 120 rescuers with supplies, according to its Emergencies Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbouring India also sent a search and rescue team, while Malaysia said it 50 people would be sent to help on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations allocated $5 million (\u20ac4.62 million) to start relief efforts. US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington was going to help with the response, but some experts were concerned about this effort given his administration\u2019s deep cuts in foreign assistance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//15//08//08//808x539_cmsv2_24c2d117-a97e-5060-841f-1bd73e87cbe5-9150808.jpg/" alt=\"A woman injured in Friday&#39;s earthquake waits to receive treatment at a hospital in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, 29 March, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/15\/08\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_24c2d117-a97e-5060-841f-1bd73e87cbe5-9150808.jpg 384w, 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afternoon in Myanmar on Friday, causing deaths and damages in the country and Bangkok, the capital of neighbouring Thailand. \n\nAt least 144 people were killed in Myanmar, where aid groups have warned damage is significant in hard to reach locations. Another 730 were injured. \n\n\u201cThe death toll and injuries are expected to rise,\u201d Senior General Min Aung Hlaing told state-run TV. \n\nThe US Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake was shallow with a depth of 10 kilometres. Its epicentre was near the Burmese city of Sagaing, close to Mandalay.\n\nA second quake, with a magnitude of 6.4, shook the area 12 minutes later.\n\nTremors were felt all the way in Bangkok, where eight people were killed and 81 construction workers remain missing after the quake caused a 30-storey building in the capital to collapse in Bangkok's Chatuchak Park area. \n\nSeven were rescued from the rubble of the collapsed building, the National Institute for Emergency Medicine said in a Facebook post. \n\nA video circulated on social media showed the multi-story structure sway and crumble into a cloud of dust as onlookers screamed and ran. \n\nThai authorities have declared a state of emergency in response to the major earthquake hitting the city, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Friday.\n\nState of emergency in Myanmar\n\nIn Myanmar, state-run MRTV said the the military-run government declared a state of emergency across six regions and states. \n\nMajor General Zaw Min Tun, a military government spokesperson said blood was in high demand in the hospitals in earthquakes-hit areas, especially Mandalay, Sagaing, and Naypyitaw.\n\nHe urged blood donors to contact hospitals as soon as possible.\n\nThe Red Cross said initial reports from the ground suggested the earthquake caused \"significant damage\", adding that damaged power lines were preventing their teams from reaching the affected Mandalay and Sagaing regions. \n\nThe official number of casualties took hours to trickle in, with the full extent of death, injury and destruction still not yet known. Information is tightly controlled in Myanmar, where the government has been embroiled in civil war after a coup in 2021. \n\nAFP reported that the ruling miltary junta made a rare request for international humanitarian aid, leaving aid agencies scrambling to assess the humanitarian needs and work out how to reach the country, which is isolated from the outside world. \n\nIn the Saigaing region, a 90-year old bridge collapsed as sections of the highway connecting Mandalay to Yangon were damaged. In the capital Naypyitaw, religious shrines were also damaged, with parts toppling to the ground.\n\nThe quake caused alarms to go off in buildings across Bangkok, and thousands of residents ran down the staircases of high-rise apartments and hotels onto the street. Videos on social media showed people gathering in the streets of the Thai capital.\n\nThe tremors were forceful enough to send water sloshing out of pools, some high up in high-rises, as the tremor shook.\n\nPaul Vincent, a tourist visiting from England, was at a streetside bar when the quake struck.\n\n\u201cWhen I saw the building, oh my God, that\u2019s when ... it hit me,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was people crying in the streets and, you know, the panic was horrendous really.\u201d\n\nThai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra warned Bangkok residents to remain calm as the city prepared an emergency response. \n\n\u201cI\u2019d like to ask everyone to stay calm and do not panic, but please be careful,\u201d Shinawatra said, warning that there could be possible aftershocks. \n\nMore than 17 million people live in the greater Bangkok area, many of whom are in high-rise apartments.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck early afternoon in Myanmar on Friday, causing deaths and damages in the country and Bangkok, the capital of neighbouring Thailand. <\/p>\n<p>At least 144 people were killed in Myanmar, where aid groups have warned damage is significant in hard to reach locations. Another 730 were injured. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe death toll and injuries are expected to rise,\u201d Senior General Min Aung Hlaing told state-run TV. <\/p>\n<p>The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake was shallow with a depth of 10 kilometres. Its epicentre was near the Burmese city of Sagaing, close to Mandalay.<\/p>\n<p>A second quake, with a magnitude of 6.4, shook the area 12 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Tremors were felt all the way in Bangkok, where eight people were killed and 81 construction workers remain missing after the quake caused a 30-storey building in the capital to collapse in Bangkok's Chatuchak Park area. <\/p>\n<p>Seven were rescued from the rubble of the collapsed building, the National Institute for Emergency Medicine said in a Facebook post. <\/p>\n<p>A video circulated on social media showed the multi-story structure sway and crumble into a cloud of dust as onlookers screamed and ran. <\/p>\n<p>Thai authorities have declared a state of emergency in response to the major earthquake hitting the city, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Friday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//14//78//84//808x539_cmsv2_e7b7ecf8-0cc7-55a0-9770-ee5b7cbaa4d7-9147884.jpg/" alt=\"Rescuers work at the site a high-rise building under construction that collapsed after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March 28, 2025. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/384x256_cmsv2_e7b7ecf8-0cc7-55a0-9770-ee5b7cbaa4d7-9147884.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/640x427_cmsv2_e7b7ecf8-0cc7-55a0-9770-ee5b7cbaa4d7-9147884.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/750x500_cmsv2_e7b7ecf8-0cc7-55a0-9770-ee5b7cbaa4d7-9147884.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/828x552_cmsv2_e7b7ecf8-0cc7-55a0-9770-ee5b7cbaa4d7-9147884.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/1080x720_cmsv2_e7b7ecf8-0cc7-55a0-9770-ee5b7cbaa4d7-9147884.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/1200x800_cmsv2_e7b7ecf8-0cc7-55a0-9770-ee5b7cbaa4d7-9147884.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/1920x1280_cmsv2_e7b7ecf8-0cc7-55a0-9770-ee5b7cbaa4d7-9147884.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rescuers work at the site a high-rise building under construction that collapsed after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March 28, 2025. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>State of emergency in Myanmar<\/h2>\n<p>In Myanmar, state-run MRTV said the the military-run government declared a state of emergency across six regions and states. <\/p>\n<p>Major General Zaw Min Tun, a military government spokesperson said blood was in high demand in the hospitals in earthquakes-hit areas, especially Mandalay, Sagaing, and Naypyitaw.<\/p>\n<p>He urged blood donors to contact hospitals as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Cross said initial reports from the ground suggested the earthquake caused \"significant damage\", adding that damaged power lines were preventing their teams from reaching the affected Mandalay and Sagaing regions. <\/p>\n<p>The official number of casualties took hours to trickle in, with the full extent of death, injury and destruction still not yet known. Information is tightly controlled in Myanmar, where the government has been embroiled in civil war after a coup in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>AFP reported that the ruling miltary junta made a rare request for international humanitarian aid, leaving aid agencies scrambling to assess the humanitarian needs and work out how to reach the country, which is isolated from the outside world. <\/p>\n<p>In the Saigaing region, a 90-year old bridge collapsed as sections of the highway connecting Mandalay to Yangon were damaged. In the capital Naypyitaw, religious shrines were also damaged, with parts toppling to the ground.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//14//78//84//808x539_cmsv2_f7e0bce6-df23-5058-8bd7-29e7437026e4-9147884.jpg/" alt=\"Victims of an earthquake seen in the compound of a government hospital in Naypidaw, 28 March, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/384x256_cmsv2_f7e0bce6-df23-5058-8bd7-29e7437026e4-9147884.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/640x427_cmsv2_f7e0bce6-df23-5058-8bd7-29e7437026e4-9147884.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/750x500_cmsv2_f7e0bce6-df23-5058-8bd7-29e7437026e4-9147884.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/828x552_cmsv2_f7e0bce6-df23-5058-8bd7-29e7437026e4-9147884.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/1080x720_cmsv2_f7e0bce6-df23-5058-8bd7-29e7437026e4-9147884.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/1200x800_cmsv2_f7e0bce6-df23-5058-8bd7-29e7437026e4-9147884.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/1920x1280_cmsv2_f7e0bce6-df23-5058-8bd7-29e7437026e4-9147884.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Victims of an earthquake seen in the compound of a government hospital in Naypidaw, 28 March, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Aung Shine Oo\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The quake caused alarms to go off in buildings across Bangkok, and thousands of residents ran down the staircases of high-rise apartments and hotels onto the street. Videos on social media showed people gathering in the streets of the Thai capital.<\/p>\n<p>The tremors were forceful enough to send water sloshing out of pools, some high up in high-rises, as the tremor shook.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Vincent, a tourist visiting from England, was at a streetside bar when the quake struck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I saw the building, oh my God, that\u2019s when ... it hit me,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was people crying in the streets and, you know, the panic was horrendous really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra warned Bangkok residents to remain calm as the city prepared an emergency response. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to ask everyone to stay calm and do not panic, but please be careful,\u201d Shinawatra said, warning that there could be possible aftershocks. <\/p>\n<p>More than 17 million people live in the greater Bangkok area, many of whom are in high-rise apartments.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1743146160,"updatedAt":1746523960,"publishedAt":1743147671,"firstPublishedAt":1743147671,"lastPublishedAt":1743190096,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/78\/84\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0bc0ce3e-feae-59f0-96f1-8b31c555a03f-9147884.jpg","altText":"A building in Naypidaw is damaged after an earthquake in central Myanmar, 28 March, 2025","caption":"A building in Naypidaw is damaged after an earthquake in central Myanmar, 28 March, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Chutima Lalit\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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conflict.","keySentence":"","url":"myanmar-military-chief-min-aung-hlaing-commits-to-hold-elections-by-years-end","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/03\/27\/myanmar-military-chief-min-aung-hlaing-commits-to-hold-elections-by-years-end","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Myanmar's military chief has used a speech at the\u00a0annual Armed Forces Day to reaffirm plans to hold a general election by the end of the year and call on opposition groups fighting the army to join in party politics and the electoral process.\n\nMin Aung Hlaing said his military government was preparing to hold an election in December and that it will be conducted according to the security conditions in the country's different regions, where armed conflicts are often playing out.\n\nHe spoke before more than 7,000 military personnel, held in the capital Naypyidaw.\n\nRifle-bearing servicemen and women stood to attention as the general reviewed their ranks from the back of an open vehicle.\n\nThey then marched past him in order, saluting him as fighter jets flew overhead, firing off flares into the night sky.\n\nSeizing power\n\nThe 2021 military coup which ousted democratically-elected State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been met with widespread opposition, sparking widespread protests and triggering an armed resistance which has plunged much of the country into conflict.\n\nThe military junta has since said an election was the primary goal but has repeatedly pushed back the date.\n\nThe plan for a general election is widely seen as an attempt to legitimise the military\u2019s seizure of power through the ballot box and to deliver a result that ensures the generals retain control.\n\nIn his speech, Min Aung Hlaing also tried to justify the overthrow of Suu Kyi's elected government with familiar but widely discredited accusations of it failing to investigate irregularities in the November 2020 general election and repeating that his government would hold \"a free and fair election\" and hand over power afterward.\n\nThe country's current security situation, with the military believed to control less than half the country, poses a serious challenge to holding elections.\n\nCritics have already said the military-planned ballot will be neither free nor fair because there is no free media and most of the leaders of Suu Kyi's popular but now dissolved National League for Democracy party have been arrested.\n\nSuu Kyi is serving prison sentences totalling 27 years after being convicted in a series of prosecutions widely seen as politically motivated.\n\nThe 80th anniversary of Armed Forces Day marks the day in 1945 when the army of Myanmar, then known as Burma, began its fight against occupying Japanese forces who had taken over after driving out the British.\n\nMin Aung Hlaing,\u00a0during a visit to Belarus earlier this month, announced the time frame for the election.\n\nHe said then that 53 political parties have already submitted their lists to participate in the election.\n\nState media reported that he reiterated the election plans at an official meeting on Tuesday, though the reports were unclear on whether the vote would be held in the last two weeks of December, the first two weeks of January or over a period extending for those four weeks.\n\nSeparately, state-run MRTV television reported that Min Aung Hlaing had granted amnesty to seven foreign prisoners, including four Thais jailed in the southern coastal town of Kawthaung who will be deported.\n\nIt is not unusual for amnesties for prisoners to be announced on state or religious holidays.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Myanmar's military chief has used a speech at the\u00a0annual Armed Forces Day to reaffirm plans to hold a general election by the end of the year and call on opposition groups fighting the army to join in party politics and the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>Min Aung Hlaing said his military government was preparing to hold an election in December and that it will be conducted according to the security conditions in the country's different regions, where armed conflicts are often playing out.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke before more than 7,000 military personnel, held in the capital Naypyidaw.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//14//74//42//808x539_cmsv2_db8c197a-922a-5f62-a499-8433d51afedc-9147442.jpg/" alt=\"Officers and spectators at a parade to commemorate Myanmar&#39;s 80th Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, 27 March, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/74\/42\/384x256_cmsv2_db8c197a-922a-5f62-a499-8433d51afedc-9147442.jpg 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class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Officers and spectators at a parade to commemorate Myanmar&#39;s 80th Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, 27 March, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Rifle-bearing servicemen and women stood to attention as the general reviewed their ranks from the back of an open vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>They then marched past him in order, saluting him as fighter jets flew overhead, firing off flares into the night sky.<\/p>\n<h2>Seizing power<\/h2>\n<p>The 2021 military coup which ousted democratically-elected State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been met with widespread opposition, sparking widespread protests and triggering an armed resistance which has plunged much of the country into conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The military junta has since said an election was the primary goal but has repeatedly pushed back the date.<\/p>\n<p>The plan for a general election is widely seen as an attempt to legitimise the military\u2019s seizure of power through the ballot box and to deliver a result that ensures the generals retain control.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Min Aung Hlaing also tried to justify the overthrow of Suu Kyi's elected government with familiar but widely discredited accusations of it failing to investigate irregularities in the November 2020 general election and repeating that his government would hold \"a free and fair election\" and hand over power afterward.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//14//74//42//808x539_cmsv2_5685831a-102c-5dfc-bb5a-a31612a48283-9147442.jpg/" alt=\"Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, 11 December, 2019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/74\/42\/384x256_cmsv2_5685831a-102c-5dfc-bb5a-a31612a48283-9147442.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/74\/42\/640x427_cmsv2_5685831a-102c-5dfc-bb5a-a31612a48283-9147442.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/74\/42\/750x500_cmsv2_5685831a-102c-5dfc-bb5a-a31612a48283-9147442.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/74\/42\/828x552_cmsv2_5685831a-102c-5dfc-bb5a-a31612a48283-9147442.jpg 828w, 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believed to control less than half the country, poses a serious challenge to holding elections.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have already said the military-planned ballot will be neither free nor fair because there is no free media and most of the leaders of Suu Kyi's popular but now dissolved National League for Democracy party have been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Suu Kyi is serving prison sentences totalling 27 years after being convicted in a series of prosecutions widely seen as politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>The 80th anniversary of Armed Forces Day marks the day in 1945 when the army of Myanmar, then known as Burma, began its fight against occupying Japanese forces who had taken over after driving out the British.<\/p>\n<p>Min Aung Hlaing,\u00a0during a visit to Belarus earlier this month, announced the time frame for the election.<\/p>\n<p>He said then that 53 political parties have already submitted their lists to participate in the election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image 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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>State media reported that he reiterated the election plans at an official meeting on Tuesday, though the reports were unclear on whether the vote would be held in the last two weeks of December, the first two weeks of January or over a period extending for those four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, state-run MRTV television reported that Min Aung Hlaing had granted amnesty to seven foreign prisoners, including four Thais jailed in the southern coastal town of Kawthaung who will be deported.<\/p>\n<p>It is not unusual for amnesties for prisoners to be announced on state or religious holidays.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1743099868,"updatedAt":1743100691,"publishedAt":1743100665,"firstPublishedAt":1743100665,"lastPublishedAt":1743100665,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/14\/74\/42\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_724070e7-5e17-5eb0-97d3-6f3b9447f49f-9147442.jpg","altText":"Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is seen on a screen 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WAR PERSISTS","daletPyramidId":null,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Four years ago Myanmar's military staged a coup and sparked a civil war","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Four years ago Myanmar's military staged a coup and sparked a war","titleListing2":"Four years ago Myanmar's military staged a coup and sparked a civil war","leadin":"Peace prospects look bleak as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government.","summary":"Peace prospects look bleak as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government.","keySentence":"","url":"four-years-ago-myanmars-military-staged-a-coup-and-sparked-a-civil-war","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/02\/01\/four-years-ago-myanmars-military-staged-a-coup-and-sparked-a-civil-war","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The political situation remains tense with no negotiation space in sight between the military government and the major opposition groups fighting against it.\n\nThe four years after the army\u2019s takeover on Feb. 1, 2021, have created a profound situation of multiple, overlapping crises with nearly half the population in poverty and the economy in disarray, the U.N. Development Programme said.\n\nThe U.N. Human Rights Office said the military ramped up violence against civilians last year to unprecedented levels, inflicting the heaviest civilian death toll since the army takeover as its grip on power eroded.\n\nThe army launched wave after wave of retaliatory airstrikes and artillery shelling on civilians and civilian populated areas, forced thousands of young people into military service, conducted arbitrary arrests and prosecutions, caused mass displacement, and denied access to humanitarians, even in the face of natural disasters, the rights office said in a statement Friday.\n\n\u201cAfter four years, it is deeply distressing to find that the situation on the ground for civilians is only getting worse by the day,\u201d U.N. human rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk said. \u201cEven as the military\u2019s power wanes, their atrocities and violence have expanded in scope and intensity,\u201d he said, adding that the retaliatory nature of the attacks were designed to control, intimidate, and punish the population.\n\nThe United States, United Kingdom, European Union and others criticised the military takeover in a statement that also called for the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners.\n\nThey said nearly 20 million people need humanitarian assistance and up to 3.5 million people are displaced internally, an increase of nearly one million in the last year. They also expressed concern about increased cross-border crime in Myanmar such as drug and human trafficking and online scam operations, which affect neighboring countries and risk broader instability.\n\n\u201cThe current trajectory is not sustainable for Myanmar or the region,\u201d the countries said in the joint statement that also included Australia, Canada, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland.\n\nThe status of the fighting\n\nThe military\u2019s 2021 takeover prompted widespread public protests, whose violent suppression by security forces triggered an armed resistance that has now led to a state of civil war. Ethnic minority militias and people\u2019s defence forces that support Myanmar\u2019s main opposition control large parts of the country, while the military holds much of central Myanmar and big cities including the capital, Naypyidaw.\n\nThe Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, which keeps detailed tallies of arrests and casualties linked to the repression of the military government, said that at least 6,239 were killed and 28,444 were arrested since the takeover. The actual death toll is likely to be much higher since the group does not generally include deaths on the side of the military government and cannot easily verify cases in remote areas.\n\nAung Thu Nyein, director of communications for the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar think tank, told The Associated Press that Myanmar\u2019s current situation is at its worst with peace and development being pushed back.\n\n\u201cWhat\u2019s worse is that the sovereignty which ever-proclaimed by the military is losing, and the country\u2019s borders could even shift,\u201d Aung Thu Nyein said in a text message.\n\nMyanmar\u2019s army suffered unprecedented battlefield defeats over the past year, when a coalition of ethnic armed groups won victories in the northeast near the Chinese border and in the western state of Rakhine.\n\nThe ethnic rebels were able to quickly capture several towns, military bases and two important regional commands, and their offensive weakened the army\u2019s grip in other parts of the country.\n\nThe ethnic minorities have been fighting for decades for greater autonomy from Myanmar\u2019s central government and are loosely allied with the People\u2019s Defence Force, the pro-democracy armed resistance formed after the army\u2019s 2021 takeover.\n\nThe U.N. Human Rights Office and rights groups including Amnesty International also made rare allegations in recent statements that armed groups opposing the military have also committed human rights violations in areas under their control.\n\nThe status of election plans\n\nIn pursuit of a political solution, the military government is pushing for an election, which it has promised to hold this year. Critics say the election would not be free or fair as civil rights have been curtailed and many political opponents imprisoned and the election would be an attempt to normalise military control.\n\nOn Friday, the military government extended a state of emergency another six months because it said more time was needed to restore stability before the election, state-run MRTV television reported. No exact date for the polls was given.\n\nTom Andrews, a special rapporteur working with the U.N. human rights office, said it wasn\u2019t possible to hold a legitimate election while arresting, detaining, torturing and executing leaders of the opposition and when it is illegal for journalists or citizens to criticize the military government.\n\n\u201cGovernments should dismiss these plans for what they are \u2013 a fraud,\u201d Tom Andrews said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The political situation remains tense with no negotiation space in sight between the military government and the major opposition groups fighting against it.<\/p>\n<p>The four years after the army\u2019s takeover on Feb. 1, 2021, have created a profound situation of multiple, overlapping crises with nearly half the population in poverty and the economy in disarray, the U.N. Development Programme said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. Human Rights Office said the military ramped up violence against civilians last year to unprecedented levels, inflicting the heaviest civilian death toll since the army takeover as its grip on power eroded.<\/p>\n<p>The army launched wave after wave of retaliatory airstrikes and artillery shelling on civilians and civilian populated areas, forced thousands of young people into military service, conducted arbitrary arrests and prosecutions, caused mass displacement, and denied access to humanitarians, even in the face of natural disasters, the rights office said in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter four years, it is deeply distressing to find that the situation on the ground for civilians is only getting worse by the day,\u201d U.N. human rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk said. \u201cEven as the military\u2019s power wanes, their atrocities and violence have expanded in scope and intensity,\u201d he said, adding that the retaliatory nature of the attacks were designed to control, intimidate, and punish the population.<\/p>\n<p>The United States, United Kingdom, European Union and others criticised the military takeover in a statement that also called for the release of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>They said nearly 20 million people need humanitarian assistance and up to 3.5 million people are displaced internally, an increase of nearly one million in the last year. They also expressed concern about increased cross-border crime in Myanmar such as drug and human trafficking and online scam operations, which affect neighboring countries and risk broader instability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current trajectory is not sustainable for Myanmar or the region,\u201d the countries said in the joint statement that also included Australia, Canada, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland.<\/p>\n<h2>The status of the fighting<\/h2>\n<p>The military\u2019s 2021 takeover prompted widespread public protests, whose violent suppression by security forces triggered an armed resistance that has now led to a state of civil war. Ethnic minority militias and people\u2019s defence forces that support Myanmar\u2019s main opposition control large parts of the country, while the military holds much of central Myanmar and big cities including the capital, Naypyidaw.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//02//26//04//808x539_cmsv2_951f68c8-6ad1-5806-be15-04df30a199c9-9022604.jpg/" alt=\"FILE - Myanmar military officers leave the venue during a parade to commemorate Myanmar&#39;s 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, March 27, 2023.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/384x256_cmsv2_951f68c8-6ad1-5806-be15-04df30a199c9-9022604.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/640x427_cmsv2_951f68c8-6ad1-5806-be15-04df30a199c9-9022604.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/750x500_cmsv2_951f68c8-6ad1-5806-be15-04df30a199c9-9022604.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/828x552_cmsv2_951f68c8-6ad1-5806-be15-04df30a199c9-9022604.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/1080x720_cmsv2_951f68c8-6ad1-5806-be15-04df30a199c9-9022604.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/1200x800_cmsv2_951f68c8-6ad1-5806-be15-04df30a199c9-9022604.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/1920x1281_cmsv2_951f68c8-6ad1-5806-be15-04df30a199c9-9022604.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE - Myanmar military officers leave the venue during a parade to commemorate Myanmar&#39;s 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Monday, March 27, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Aung Shine Oo\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, which keeps detailed tallies of arrests and casualties linked to the repression of the military government, said that at least 6,239 were killed and 28,444 were arrested since the takeover. The actual death toll is likely to be much higher since the group does not generally include deaths on the side of the military government and cannot easily verify cases in remote areas.<\/p>\n<p>Aung Thu Nyein, director of communications for the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar think tank, told The Associated Press that Myanmar\u2019s current situation is at its worst with peace and development being pushed back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s worse is that the sovereignty which ever-proclaimed by the military is losing, and the country\u2019s borders could even shift,\u201d Aung Thu Nyein said in a text message.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar\u2019s army suffered unprecedented battlefield defeats over the past year, when a coalition of ethnic armed groups won victories in the northeast near the Chinese border and in the western state of Rakhine.<\/p>\n<p>The ethnic rebels were able to quickly capture several towns, military bases and two important regional commands, and their offensive weakened the army\u2019s grip in other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The ethnic minorities have been fighting for decades for greater autonomy from Myanmar\u2019s central government and are loosely allied with the People\u2019s Defence Force, the pro-democracy armed resistance formed after the army\u2019s 2021 takeover.<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. Human Rights Office and rights groups including Amnesty International also made rare allegations in recent statements that armed groups opposing the military have also committed human rights violations in areas under their control.<\/p>\n<h2>The status of election plans<\/h2>\n<p>In pursuit of a political solution, the military government is pushing for an election, which it has promised to hold this year. Critics say the election would not be free or fair as civil rights have been curtailed and many political opponents imprisoned and the election would be an attempt to normalise military control.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//02//26//04//808x539_cmsv2_6146f8d0-0e15-592d-a64c-5ecaa31fbb0e-9022604.jpg/" alt=\"FILE - Police officers hold down a protester as they disperse demonstrators in Tharkata Township on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. March 6, 2021.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/384x256_cmsv2_6146f8d0-0e15-592d-a64c-5ecaa31fbb0e-9022604.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/640x427_cmsv2_6146f8d0-0e15-592d-a64c-5ecaa31fbb0e-9022604.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/750x500_cmsv2_6146f8d0-0e15-592d-a64c-5ecaa31fbb0e-9022604.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/828x552_cmsv2_6146f8d0-0e15-592d-a64c-5ecaa31fbb0e-9022604.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/1080x720_cmsv2_6146f8d0-0e15-592d-a64c-5ecaa31fbb0e-9022604.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/1200x800_cmsv2_6146f8d0-0e15-592d-a64c-5ecaa31fbb0e-9022604.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/1920x1281_cmsv2_6146f8d0-0e15-592d-a64c-5ecaa31fbb0e-9022604.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE - Police officers hold down a protester as they disperse demonstrators in Tharkata Township on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. March 6, 2021.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">STR\/Copyright 2021 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>On Friday, the military government extended a state of emergency another six months because it said more time was needed to restore stability before the election, state-run MRTV television reported. No exact date for the polls was given.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Andrews, a special rapporteur working with the U.N. human rights office, said it wasn\u2019t possible to hold a legitimate election while arresting, detaining, torturing and executing leaders of the opposition and when it is illegal for journalists or citizens to criticize the military government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernments should dismiss these plans for what they are \u2013 a fraud,\u201d Tom Andrews said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1738416326,"updatedAt":1738482212,"publishedAt":1738417645,"firstPublishedAt":1738417645,"lastPublishedAt":1738417645,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/26\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f8431b31-3b1a-5704-9263-dcf5d7f0dff5-9022604.jpg","altText":"FILE - A man looks on at homes destroyed after air and artillery strikes in Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp, in Laiza, Myanmar, Tuesday Oct. 10, 2023","caption":"FILE - A man looks on at homes destroyed 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with 89 people missing, Myanmar\u2019s state television said on Saturday. \n\nDifficulties in compiling information have raised fears that the number of casualties may be higher.\n\nOne video posted on X showed people being rescued from a flooded street.\n\nThe new official death toll announced by the country\u2019s military government was more than double the 33 reported on Friday. Typhoon Yagi earlier hit Vietnam, northern Thailand and Laos, killing more than 260 people and causing major damage.\n\nThe new totals were announced after state media reported that Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the ruling military council, said that Myanmar was requesting relief aid from foreign countries.\n\nNearly 240,000 people have been displaced, according to the reports. There were already 3.4 million displaced people in Myanmar at the beginning of September, according to the UN refugee agency, mostly because of war and unrest in recent years.\n\nIn Myanmar, low-lying areas in the central regions of Mandalay and Bago, as well as eastern Shan state and the country\u2019s capital, Naypyitaw, have been inundated by water since Wednesday. \n\nMin Aung Hlaing and other military officials inspected flooded areas and reviewed rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts in Naypyitaw on Friday, the state-run Myanma Alinn newspaper reported. Its report said that he instructed officials to contact foreign countries, as other countries affected by the storm did, to receive rescue and relief aid for the victims.\n\n\u201cIt is necessary to manage rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures as quickly as possible,\u201d he was quoted as saying.\n\nThe exact extent of the damage still wasn't clear, but there were fears that the death toll may rise sharply. Local news outlets reported more than 100 people missing. \n\nEfforts to tally casualties and damage and provide relief are complicated. Myanmar is in a state of civil war that began in 2021, after the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Independent analysts believe the military controls much less than half of the country\u2019s territory.\n\nMyanmar experiences extreme weather virtually every year during the monsoon season. \n\nIn 2008, Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 people. In that case, the military government then in power delayed accepting international assistance, and when it finally relented, tightly controlled its distribution, with little or no oversight by aid donors.\n\nSaturday evening\u2019s state television news said that 24 bridges, 375 school buildings, one Buddhist monastery, five dams, four pagodas, 14 electrical transformers, 456 lampposts and more than 65,000 houses were damaged by floods in central and eastern parts of the country.\n\nNaypyitaw is one of the areas that was hit hardest by the floods. Myanmar\u2019s Eleven Media group reported on Friday that record rainfall had damaged several pagodas in Bagan, the country\u2019s ancient capital that is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The rain, said to be the heaviest in 60 years, caused the collapse of several century old temples walls, it said.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The death toll in Myanmar from flooding and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi has reached at least 74, with 89 people missing, Myanmar\u2019s state television said on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>Difficulties in compiling information have raised fears that the number of casualties may be higher.<\/p>\n<p>One video posted on X showed people being rescued from a flooded street.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1834975988922700116\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The new official death toll announced by the country\u2019s military government was more than double the 33 reported on Friday. Typhoon Yagi earlier hit Vietnam, northern Thailand and Laos, killing more than 260 people and causing major damage.<\/p>\n<p>The new totals were announced after state media reported that Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the ruling military council, said that Myanmar was requesting relief aid from foreign countries.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 240,000 people have been displaced, according to the reports. There were already 3.4 million displaced people in Myanmar at the beginning of September, according to the UN refugee agency, mostly because of war and unrest in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In Myanmar, low-lying areas in the central regions of Mandalay and Bago, as well as eastern Shan state and the country\u2019s capital, Naypyitaw, have been inundated by water since Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Min Aung Hlaing and other military officials inspected flooded areas and reviewed rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts in Naypyitaw on Friday, the state-run Myanma Alinn newspaper reported. Its report said that he instructed officials to contact foreign countries, as other countries affected by the storm did, to receive rescue and relief aid for the victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is necessary to manage rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures as quickly as possible,\u201d he was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The exact extent of the damage still wasn't clear, but there were fears that the death toll may rise sharply. Local news outlets reported more than 100 people missing. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1834473783278678033\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Efforts to tally casualties and damage and provide relief are complicated. Myanmar is in a state of civil war that began in 2021, after the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Independent analysts believe the military controls much less than half of the country\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n<p>Myanmar experiences extreme weather virtually every year during the monsoon season. <\/p>\n<p>In 2008, Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 people. In that case, the military government then in power delayed accepting international assistance, and when it finally relented, tightly controlled its distribution, with little or no oversight by aid donors.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday evening\u2019s state television news said that 24 bridges, 375 school buildings, one Buddhist monastery, five dams, four pagodas, 14 electrical transformers, 456 lampposts and more than 65,000 houses were damaged by floods in central and eastern parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Naypyitaw is one of the areas that was hit hardest by the floods. 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