BANGKOK — They walked out of the compound in Myanmar not knowing where they would go. Though they were aiming for the river that separated them from Thailand and freedom, they didn't know if ...

Fun fact: The Merlion was originally designed as the logo for the Singapore Tourism Board in 1964 and later became a national ...

Plans being prepared for Myanmar's longer-term recovery Some rescue teams set to depart 3,646 killed, nearly 49,000 homes destroyed, junta says Shelter, medicine, water, sanitation crucial needs ...

In a world first, 10 cyborg cockroaches were deployed to help the Singapore search and rescue team following the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar on March 28. These insect-robot hybrids are ...

Just six months later, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake ripped through central Myanmar. It was the most severe seismic event to hit the country’s mainland in nearly eight decades. So far, more than ...

After a six-hour journey to an isolated hotel, they were ferried across the border by boat into a dense forest in Myanmar. As they were unable to communicate with the local driver due to the ...

The Trump administration fired three workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Friday as they were in Myanmar to assess damage from the earthquake and to report back on ...

Myanmar's military chief Min Aung Hlaing, centre, arrives in Bangkok to attend the 6th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit [Thailand's ...

“We are working side by side with the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) and other local responders to provide vital aid in the worst-hit areas of Mandalay and Sagaing,” said Arnaud de Baecque, the ICRC ...

BANGKOK — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led government said, and ...

BANGKOK, April 3 (Reuters) - Extreme heat and heavy rain in Myanmar could cause disease outbreaks among earthquake survivors camping in the open, global aid bodies warned on Thursday, complicating ...

Myanmar’s governing military has declared a unilateral, temporary ceasefire in the country’s civil war to facilitate rescue efforts after last week’s powerful earthquake, as state television ...