Myanmar’s military junta has confirmed its plans to hold an election in December, as the country struggles to come to grips with the significant damage from last month’s powerful earthquake. In a notice published in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar yesterday, the Union Election Commission (UEC) reaffirmed itsContinue Reading
A major alliance of ethnic armed groups in northern Myanmar has announced a unilateral one-month ceasefire to allow humanitarian relief efforts to proceed in the wake of last week’s devastating earthquake. In a statement published late yesterday in Chinese, Burmese, and English, the Three Brotherhood Alliance said that in lightContinue Reading
Myanmar has been hit by several powerful aftershocks in the aftermath of Friday’s devastating earthquake, hindering desperate rescue efforts and causing panic among those who survived the initial quake. The 7.7 magnitude earthquake has wreaked destruction throughout central Myanmar, hitting Mandalay, Naypyidaw, and Sagaing regions, including parts of the countryContinue Reading
