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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Foreign rescue teams began flying into Myanmar on Saturday to aid the search for survivors from an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation crippling critical infrastructure amid a grinding civil war.
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday vowed the United States would assist Myanmar after it was hit by a huge earthquake, following a rare plea for aid by the South-East Asian nation's ruling junta.
SEREMBAN: The National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) will send an initial team of 10 personnel to assist in search and rescue work following the earthquake in Myanmar.
BANGKOK: International aid began to arrive in Myanmar on Saturday (March 29) as rescuers searched for survivors after a powerful earthquake devastated the South-east Asian nation amid concerns the number killed would soar.
NAYPYIDAW, (Myanmar): Rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings on Saturday (March 29) in a desperate search for survivors after a huge earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand, killing more than 150 people.
SINGAPORE: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centred in the Sagaing region near the Myanmar city of Mandalay caused extensive damage in that country and also shook neighbouring Thailand on Friday.
BANGKOK: A powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday (March 28), gouging open roads, toppling century-old religious monuments and destroying multistory buildings as it shook a vast expanse of South-east Asia and dealt another severe blow to a country that has been ripped apart by civil war.
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (pic) has sent condolences to Myanmar and Thailand, offering help to the archipelago's Southeast Asian neighbours after a powerful earthquake killed more than 150 people.
PETALING JAYA: The Embassy of Malaysia in Bangkok, located at Kronos Office Tower, has been temporarily sealed pending a safety assessment.
BANGKOK (Reuters) -A powerful earthquake killed more than 140 people in Myanmar on Friday, authorities said, toppling buildings and wrecking infrastructure across a wide area, including a skyscraper under construction in neighbouring Thailand.
India has offered to help earthquake victims in Myanmar and Thailand, after a quake with a 7.7 magnitude struck the region on Friday, German Press Agency (dpa) reported.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is prepared to extend assistance and support humanitarian efforts following the powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar and northern Thailand.
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) has pledged S$150,000 to support emergency relief efforts in Myanmar and Thailand, after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake rocked the neighbouring countries on Friday (March 28).
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend a regional leaders' summit in the Thai capital next week and is seeking bilateral meetings on the sidelines, three sources with direct knowledge said on Friday.
BANGKOK: Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend a regional leaders' summit in the Thai capital next week and is seeking bilateral meetings on the sidelines, three sources with direct knowledge said on Friday (March 28).
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar midday on Friday, killing at least three people in Bangkok and burying dozens when a high-rise building under construction collapsed, and prompting Myanmar to declare a widespread state of emergency.
Malaysia will deploy a 50-member Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) team, through the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) to Myanmar on Sunday (March 30).
BEIJING: A Myanmar rebel group that controls one of the world's largest rare earth zones has told miners there it will allow shipments of existing rare earth inventories to China from Thursday (March 27), according to two sources and a statement reviewed by Reuters.
A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand and Vietnam on March 28, killing at least 25 people, toppling buildings, bridges and an air traffic control tower, and rupturing roads.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia-based airlines have confirmed that they did not cancel any flights following the powerful earthquake that hit central Myanmar on Friday (March 28).
