Myanmar natural disasters

With the military mostly absent from post-earthquake rescue and recovery, ordinary people have taken it upon themselves to spearhead reconstruction efforts.

The Southeast Asian bloc's preferred approach and mechanisms are ill-suited to Myanmar’s contested political realities.

While the chances of success are slim, ceasefires are a necessary step toward a resolution to the country's civil war.

The announcement came amid reports of junta airstrikes in resistance-held regions of the country.

The Malaysian leader says that he will push for an extension of the junta's ceasefire in order to facilitate earthquake recovery efforts.

The biggest obstacle to the election will not be damage from the disaster but rather the fraught political position that prevails in much of the country.

Aid workers have warned that there is an increased risk of disease outbreaks at the outdoor camps housing quake survivors.

The Trump administration's foreign aid cuts have crippled U.S. efforts to support earthquake relief efforts. But that's not the only damage they will do.

The junta's muddled and repressive response to the devastating March 28 earthquake show where its priorities really lie.

The ceasefire, which will run until April 22, follows similar announcements from major ethnic rebel groups.

The devastating March 28 earthquake was the largest to hit central Myanmar since 1839.

The country's civil war has hampered relief efforts, while junta controls have made it hard to gauge the quake's impact in remote regions.