A devastating earthquake brings more uncertainty to Myanmar

A devastating earthquake brings more uncertainty to Myanmar

The country of Myanmar has been in crisis for years. A civil war has been going on since 2021. And then, last Friday, a devastating earthquake hit, leaving at least 3,000 people dead. The tragedy only deepened the humanitarian crisis in the country.One person watching the situation closely is Kim Aris. His mother is Aung San Suu Kyi, who was the country’s de facto leader before the military ousted and imprisoned her after a coup four years ago. …

Myanmar’s deadly earthquake affects 17 million people, UN says

More than 3,000 people have been killed and 17 million affected in Myanmar by a devastating earthquake that hit the country about a week ago, according to a United Nations report.

Will Myanmar’s Devastating Earthquake Impact its Civil War?

This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard Atwood speaks with Crisis Group’s Myanmar expert Richard Horsey about the devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar last week, challenges facing relief efforts and implications for the country’s civil war and its military leaders.

For four years, rebels have been fighting a brutal military regime in Myanmar. Last week, a massive earthquake shook the country: the natural disaster is added to the man-made disaster.

Aftershocks and Airstrikes: What Myanmar’s deadly earthquake means for the country’s resistance

Anti-junta leaders contemplate the ramifications of the disaster, analysing how it may affect the war once the dust settles

On Friday, 28 March, the land trembled in Burma. An earthquake measured between 7.7 and 7.9 on the Richter scale. The earthquake was felt in Thailand and Laos. According to the ruling junta, the disaster has killed 3,000 people. However, the record in this country in civil war since 2021 seems far more serious. Laure Siegel, a journalist of Alsatian origin who has lived and worked in South-East Asia for ten years, bears witness to the situation …