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Outside funding has been critical to helping Myanmar’s students and teachers exercise their right to education despite the crisis, Joe Freeman writes. foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/27/mya…

Families who lost loved ones in Duterte’s drug war face a wave of online hatred from supporters of the former president, now in The Hague awaiting trial. Facebook has been hosting paid ads promoting him, including some that violated its own rules. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

'In Mandalay, residents said they were upset to see soldiers lounging around the sites of collapsed buildings. Some played video games on their phones, while locals used their hands to pry bricks from the rubble.' nytimes.com/2025/03/30/wor…

In earthquake-hit Naypyitaw, #Myanmar's foreign ministry is among many damaged buildings and everyone from the minister down is working in the lawn for fear of aftershocks. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Significant breaking news from #Myanmar - three major ethnic armed groups have declared a unilateral ceasefire to support humanitarian response to the earthquake. The military has continued to bomb since the disaster happened. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Sagaing, the epicentre of the earthquake. Destruction is much greater here than Mandalay… local firefighter told us as much as 80% of the city has been damaged.

Sagaing fire and rescue….

#Myanmar’s military fired warning shots at a Chinese Red Cross convoy bringing humanitarian aid overland from China through rebel held areas, saying it had not sought permission from the junta. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Meanwhile quite a line here: while Mandalay residents are digging survivors out of the rubble with their bare hands, the military is...shooting at Chinese Red Cross trucks, stopping aid at checkpoints and...setting up stages for Thingyan. Shoon Naing reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

A functional USAID would have activated urban search-and-rescue teams that were capable of being deployed to Myanmar in 48 hours, said Marcia Wong, formerly a top official at USAID. “We have created a vacuum which can allow other actors to step in.” reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

The U.S. has world class search and rescue teams that could have been deployed to search for survivors of #Myanmar’s devastating earthquake. They weren’t, because Elon Musk and the Trump administration fed USAID “into the wood chipper”.

'When you are covering a natural disaster one of the things you see on the ground is just masses of rescue teams, which you are just not seeing in Myanmar' Yogita Limaye spoke to #BBCBreakfast after going inside Myanmar where more than 3,000 people have died following last

Three USAID workers flown into #Myanmar to help with rescue and recovery efforts were told they had been fired this week while in the earthquake zone, an ex-official told me. They are sleeping on the streets, along with residents, while organising aid. reuters.com/world/us/usaid…

#VIDEO: The current post-quake scenario in #Mandalay City, where there is a lot of rain and high winds. There are issues finding a spot to sleep tonight for individuals who are sleeping on the ground at the side of the road, and they are alerting one another to the potential for

“What we found in the Philippines isn't just disinformation spike – it's digital warfare," said Cyabra's chief executive, Dan Brahmy. Deeply disturbing findings on the increasing dominance of fake accounts in online conversation. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Front line poets and the #Burma revolution at the FCCThai on 24 April at 7 pm with Aung Naing Soe & Joe Freeman - don't miss it! #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar In Myanmar, poetry and popular uprisings have long been intertwined, from anti-colonial movements to pro-democracy

🔊 "There's a long history of community mobilization in Myanmar because of the long history of military rule." Listen to Poppy McPherson explain how political dynamics impact Myanmar's ability to recover from a natural disaster on our weekend podcast: reut.rs/4ib53IY

“We learn a lot of poetry at school, all the classical poets. Then, in your teens, you read the revolutionary poets and when a crisis happens, you are inspired by them,” Aung Naing Soe speaks to The Times and The Sunday Times about our new book “Frontline Poets.” thetimes.com/world/asia/art…

Great article by Poppy McPherson illustrating the dire situation involving transnational #cybercrime/#scam groups. No longer just SE Asia-based, they've now expanded into South America, Africa, and Eastern Europe.

A month after a deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, survivors are still struggling with a shattered healthcare system, made worse by military rule. Poppy McPherson Shoon Naing reuters.com/world/asia-pac…