Shoon Naing

1 week ago | japantimes.co.jp | Wa Lone |Poppy McPherson |Shoon Naing

Burmese academic Sophia Htwe spent hours desperately trying to call home from Australia after the magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck her hometown in Myanmar in late March, before learning that a childhood friend had been trapped in the rubble. Friends from the central-northwestern region of Sagaing told her that the friend had been freed but died from her injuries after receiving no medical treatment. "That just really broke me. ...

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Wa Lone |Poppy McPherson |Shoon Naing

By Wa Lone, Poppy McPherson and Shoon Naing(Reuters) - Burmese academic Sophia Htwe spent hours desperately trying to call home from Australia after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck her hometown in Myanmar in late March, learning that a childhood friend had been trapped in the rubble. Friends from the central-northwestern region of Sagaing told her that she had been freed but died from her injuries after receiving no medical treatment. AdvertisementAdvertisement"That just really broke me...

1 month ago | sightmagazine.com.au | Poppy McPherson |Shoon Naing |David Adams

ReutersOn Thursday night, Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing stood astride a jeep, touring columns of saluting soldiers as fighter jets shot flares and helicopters buzzed overhead in an annual display of military might in the capital, Naypyitaw. The general was riding high, set to join a regional leaders’ summit in Thailand this week, a rare overseas trip four years after seizing power in a coup that ushered in a ruinous civil war and made him an international pariah.

1 month ago | staradvertiser.com | Shoon Naing

United Nations officials who surveyed earthquake damage in Myanmar urged the global community today to ramp up aid before the looming monsoon season worsens already catastrophic conditions, with the death toll at 2,719 and expected to surpass 3,000. Drinking water, hygiene, food, shelter and medicine are the most critical needs following extensive damage to buildings, roads and bridges, said Marcoluigi Corsi, acting humanitarian and resident coordinator, following a two-day visit.

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | Poppy McPherson |Shoon Naing

Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers. This commercial facility was one of numerous buildings that collapsed during an earthquake, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on March March 29, 2025.