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Myanmar NowApril 28, 2025

Devastating quake leaves Myanmar junta on shaky ground

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US President Donald Trump signs an executive order to boost coal mining and production in the United States, in the East Room of the White House on April 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

AFPApril 9, 2025

ASEAN chief urges ‘boldly’ integrating region’s economies amid US tariff worries

As sweeping American tariffs hammer Southeast Asia, regional leaders push for deeper economic integration

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AFPApril 8, 2025

Myanmar garment manufacturers warn US tariffs imperil quake recovery

The earthquake and tariffs are just the latest blows to an economy already reeling from the impact of a four-year-old civil war

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Historic temples, pagodas, and monasteries sustained damage or collapsed in the old imperial capital of Ava (Inwa) in Mandalay Region due to the earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28 (Photo: Kan Kaung / Myanmar Now)

Myanmar NowApril 7, 2025

Myanmar earthquake rescue operations ended after two days in township south of Mandalay

Survivors of the quake in Wundwin Township are now coping with water shortages and a lack of electricity, with many sleeping outside their homes due to the danger of aftershocks

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People walk past heavy construction equipment being used to clear rubble at the site of a collapsed building in Sagaing on April 2, 2025, five days after a major earthquake struck central Myanmar. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP)

Myanmar NowApril 7, 2025

Myanmar military restricts access to quake-hit Sagaing Region

Residents say delays in clearing rubble are costing lives

earthquake 2025

Devastating quake leaves Myanmar junta on shaky ground

ASEAN chief urges ‘boldly’ integrating region’s economies amid US tariff worries

Myanmar garment manufacturers warn US tariffs imperil quake recovery

Myanmar earthquake rescue operations ended after two days in township south of Mandalay

Myanmar military restricts access to quake-hit Sagaing Region

Making connections in Myanmar’s fractured state

Travelling clinics serve as rare source of aid in war-torn Rakhine State

In Myanmar, a poisoned pill fuels a ruthless conflict

Learning self-defence in a refugee camp: Rohingya women and girls train in taekwondo

Kachin national organisation says leader in China for health reasons

SE Asian nations to express ‘concern’over US tariffs

Thailand eyes reopening key border gate as KNU takes more control

Relatives of Myanmar civil servants restricted from travelling abroad

Junta retakes key Shan State town, launches clearance operations along Karenni border

Myanmar junta airstrikes kill three civilians sheltering in Rakhine State monastery

Myanmar’s factories cling to life as power shortages persist

Bought Out or Seized: Mandalay farmers face impossible choices amid land grab

Myanmar junta partners with Chinese firm to build natural gas terminal despite Rakhine State conflict

Myanmar garment makers forced to exchange export earnings at junta-imposed rate

Thai officials call on Myanmar regime to crack down on fraud, trafficking gangs on Thai-Karen State border

Myanmar military continues to lose ground to anti-junta forces in northern Shan State

Despite escalating violence, Myanmar junta leader says elections will proceed

NUG-founded bank set to sell shares to meet ‘emergency needs’

Myanmar’s junta bears ‘sole responsibility’ for Suu Kyi’s health—NLD

Karenni youth fight for freedom at the cost of their lives and limbs

The mothers of the Magway resistance

A Myanmar artist finds freedom behind bars—by portraying prisoners’ oppression

As Myanmar’s revolution beckons, a new breed of activist photographers heeds the call

The man behind the Myanmar junta’s campaign of terror in Sagaing

Authorities tighten restrictions on passport process for Myanmar nationals in Thailand