From dog-walking to donations: Myanmar community in Singapore rallies after devastating earthquake

From dog-walking to donations: Myanmar community in Singapore rallies after devastating earthquake

One Myanmar student organisation in Singapore has raised S$2,000 in donations for emergency relief efforts.

Myanmar junta declares temporary ceasefire as aid groups scramble to deliver earthquake relief

The NewsMyanmar’s ruling military junta announced a temporary ceasefire Wednesday in the country’s civil war, amid mounting international pressure to allow aid to reach victims of Friday’s earthquake.The junta said in a statement that the truce would run until April 22. Several of Myanmar’s opposition groups had also already declared temporary ceasefires.The 7.7 earthquake has caused widespread destruction in central Myanmar and killed more than…

The convoy was on its way to bring rescue materials to the affected areas. Also in Thailand, the rescue forces are still looking feverishly for earthquake victims – and there are indications of possible construction defects in collapsed houses.

China urges Myanmar to protect rescuers after military fires shots at aid convoy

Chinese earthquake relief team confirmed safe after Myanmar’s military admits to firing warning shots, causing rescuers to retreat.

Myanmar’s military has fired shots at aid workers from a Chinese relief agency, a rebel group says. The armed group says shots were fired at the nine-vehicle aid convoy on a road in northern Shan State. They were carrying supplies to the city of Mandalay, which was badly hit by Friday’s earthquake. Myanmar has been gripped by violence since a coup in 2021. A civil war has raged between the junta, ethnic militias and resistance groups across the …

Myanmar's military shot at Chinese rescue workers in earthquake disaster zone

The ruling military junta says it fired warning shots at the group because the convoy failed to stop and it hadn't told them they were working in an active combat zone.