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Rescue personnel work near a building that collapsed in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

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Myanmar quake: A nation unprepared for disaster

The 7.7-magnitude quake that struck central Myanmar has killed more than 1,600 people and destroyed thousands of homes

Rescuers search for survivors trapped in the collapsed Sky Villa Condominium building in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. Rescuers pulled a woman alive from the wreckage of a collapsed apartment building in Mandalay on March 29, AFP journalists saw, 30 hours after a devastating quake hit Myanmar. File Photo: AFP/Sai Aung Main via BSS

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Myanmar anti-coup fighters call partial ceasefire for quake relief

A man stands as a wildfire devastates the area in Andong, South Korea, March 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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South Korean man cleaning gravesite suspected of starting wildfires: police

A collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar. Photo: AFP/Getty Images via Bloomberg

Asia

Global aid effort begins for Myanmar quake relief

The remains of a collapsed building in Bangkok on March 29, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar and Thailand. Photo: AFP

Asia

Thai PM orders committee to investigate the collapse of government building in Bangkok

Rescuers work with a K9 dog at the site of a building that collapsed, following a strong earthquake, in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Asia

Massive quake is latest blow to Thai tourism hit by safety woes

People gather outside a building after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, earthquake monitoring services said, which affected Bangkok as well with hundreds of people pouring out of buildings in the Thai capital in panic after the tremors, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

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Thai woman gives birth to baby girl amid chaos of earthquake

A view shows debris after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar, in Mandalay, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Asia

Humanitarian operation in Myanmar hindered by damaged roads and infrastructure: OCHA

Ye Aung (centre) accompanies his wife Phyu Lay Khaing on their way to the hospital after she was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Mandalay. Photo: Sai Aung MAIN / AFP

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Woman rescued alive from collapsed Mandalay apartment block: AFP

Rescuers search for survivors amid the rubble of the collapsed Sky Villa Condominium building in Mandalay on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Photo: AFP

Asia

Aftershocks rattle Mandalay as rescuers search for survivors in Myanmar quake, death toll rises to 1,644

A view shows debris after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar, in Mandalay, Myanmar, 29 March 2025. Photo: Reuters

World+Biz

Myanmar quake death toll passes 1,600 as junta lets in foreign rescuers

People stand near a commercial facility which collapsed due to an earthquake, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar March 29, 2025. Photo: Reuters

World+Biz

Myanmar quake struck mosques as minority Muslims gathered for Ramadan prayers

Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup, presides at an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

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Myanmar seeks talks between junta chief and Yunus during BIMSTEC summit