A Japanese emergency medical team arrived in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, on Wednesday, after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Southeast Asian nation on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/japan/japan-medical-team-myanmar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #myanmar #thailand
After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar on Friday, international rescuers rushed into the devastated country. The most ubiquitous among them have been Chinese relief workers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/asia-pacific/myanmar-quake-china-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #southeastasia #earthquakes #china #us
Myanmar's junta announced a temporary ceasefire as the death toll from a devastating earthquake rose and survivors pleaded for more help. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-junta-quake-ceasefire-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #southeastasia #earthquakes
#Myanmar’s military declares a ceasefire to ease quake relief as the death toll tops 3,000
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As a result of the earthquake that occurred on March 28 in Myanmar, 2,886 people were killed.
4,639 people were injured, and 373 people were reported missing.
Myanmar's deadly earthquake is opening up diplomatic channels closed to the junta for four years after it ousted an elected government in 2021 to unleash a brutal civil war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-earthquake-diplomatic-junta/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #minaunghlaing #myanmar #southeastasia #earthquakes
Quicksand-like physics exacerbated the Myanmar earthquake’s destruction.
Science News reports on the 7.7-magnitude quake that killed at least 2,700 people.
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A recent shocking case revealed how an ordinary high school student in Japan could be trafficked and forced into working for a foreign crime syndicate — all through something as seemingly harmless as online video games. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/japan/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-human-trafficking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #myanmar #thailand #china #organizedcrime #socialmedia #gambling
One Japanese person was injured in the Thai capital of Bangkok following the massive earthquake that occurred in neighboring Myanmar on Friday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/japan/japanese-injured-myanmar-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #myanmar #earthquakes #southeastasia
Myanmar earthquake deaths set to pass 3,000 as looming monsoon sparks urgent call for aid | Myanmar | The Guardian
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U.N. officials have urged the global community to ramp up aid to Myanmar's earthquake victims before the monsoon season worsens the already catastrophic conditions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/asia-pacific/un-myanmar-quake-monsoons/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #earthquakes #southeastasia #un
A 63-year-old woman has been pulled out from under the rubble alive more than three days after an earthquake struck Myanmar. Read more from @ABCNews@flipboard.com
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Myanmar’s junta can repeat the mistakes of 17 years ago by blocking aid after Cyclone Nargis left 140,000 dead or allow urgent assistance to flow freely. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/01/world/myanmar-quake-force-juntas-hand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #myanmar #earthquakes #disasters #junta
In Myanmar's junta successfully exploits the crisis, diplomatically or on the ground, it could weaken resistance groups making territorial gains across the map. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/asia-pacific/politics/quake-junta-chance-myanmar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #earthquakes #myanmar #southeastasia #thailand
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The overall Trump administration response to the Myanmar quake has been hobbled by the huge fund cuts, contractor terminations and plans to fire nearly all USAID staff, a former USAID official has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/asia-pacific/politics/us-aid-myanmar-staff-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #us #republicans #donaldtrump
Signs of life were detected in the ruins of a Bangkok skyscraper three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that has killed at least 2,000. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/01/asia-pacific/myanmar-quake-bangkok-skyscraper/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #earthquakes #thailand #myanmar #southeastasia
