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3 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Nat Sumon |Mithil Aggarwal |Max Butterworth

BANGKOK — The death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar climbed to more than 2,700 on Tuesday, as the scale of the destruction in the isolated, war-torn Southeast Asian nation became clearer. The military-led government declared a national week of mourning on Monday, three days after the midday earthquake shook Myanmar and neighboring Thailand.

3 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Nat Sumon |Ed Flanagan |Janis Mackey Frayer |Mithil Aggarwal

By , , , and BANGKOK — Chinese rescuers have freed six people from the rubble of an earthquake in Myanmar, including a child and a pregnant woman, Chinese state media reported Monday, placing Beijing at the forefront of an international rescue effort from which the United States has been largely absent.

3 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Freddie Clayton |Janis Mackey Frayer |Nat Sumon

By , and Rescuers were still pulling survivors from the rubble when one of several aftershocks struck on Sunday, sending people in Mandalay — Myanmar's second-largest city, and the epicenter of Friday's 7.7 magnitude earthquake — screaming into the streets.

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Nat Sumon |Kyle Eppler |Matthew Mulligan |Mithil Aggarwal |Astha Rajvanshi

4 hours agoThailand: High-Rise Collapse in Bangkok Amid Powerful EarthquakeBangkok, Thailand - March 28, 2025 A high-rise building under construction in Bangkok collapsed during a massive earthquake that shook the city. The tremors, which reached nearly 8 on the Richter scale, were so intense that water from swimming pools spilled onto the streets. Local authorities have announced the evacuation of residents from high-rise buildings in the area, though the number of casualties is still unknown.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Nat Sumon |Jennifer Jett

BANGKOK — Thailand deported 40 Uyghur asylum seekers to China on Thursday, activists and Thai officials said, despite warnings from rights advocates and U.S. officials that they could face torture and imprisonment if they were returned. The Uyghurs, who had been detained for more than a decade, were part of a group of more than 300 people who were arrested in 2014 after fleeing China to seek protection in Thailand.