Myanmar News News Myanmar » Events: Timeline of major political events in Myanmar
As Myanmar announces November 8 as the date for a historic general election, set to be the first contested by Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition in a quarter of a century, here is a chronology of key ...
News Myanmar » Events: Myanmar's deadliest earthquake results in 500 km rupture and signs of a rare supershear break
Myanmar’s March 28, 2025 earthquake did not just shake the ground around Mandalay, it ripped across the country on a scale that seismologists rarely get to study in such detail. The magnitude 7.
News Myanmar » Events: Myanmar events ‘bear hallmarks of genocide’: UN expert
A top UN rights expert warned Monday that the crackdown on Myanmar’s Rohingya minority bears “the hallmarks of genocide” and insisted the government should be held accountable. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya ...
News Myanmar » Events: Myanmar’s Shadow Government Foreign Minister Talks Resilience, Military Rule and Need for International Aid
Zin Mar Aung, Myanmar’s shadow minister of foreign affairs, discussed life under military rule and Myanmar’s quest for democracy in a Jan. 29 roundtable discussion. A military junta has ruled Myanmar ...
News Myanmar » Events: Reconstruction of record-breaking Myanmar earthquake confirms supershear event
The magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar on 28 March 2025 caused widespread damage and over 3,800 fatalities, and also resulted in strong shaking and a building collapse in Bangkok, more than 1,000 km ...
News Myanmar » Events: A 500-km quake is reshaping how scientists measure risk
The 500 kilometer rupture that tore through Myanmar earlier this year did more than jolt a region already accustomed to seismic risk. It forced scientists to confront the limits of their own ...
News Myanmar » Events: Poetry, song bridge cultures at China-Myanmar friendship event in Yangon
Soft orchestral music filled Studio A of Myanmar Radio and Television in Yangon, Myanmar, as voices rose in both Chinese and Myanmar verse, weaving together two literary traditions shaped by centuries ...