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Myanmar’s generals have a choice to make ... of 17 years ago when they refused to allow international help after Cyclone Nargis tore through the country, leaving 140,000 dead, or facilitate ...
After Cyclone Nargis pounded Myanmar’s south-western coast in 2008 ... The military regime, which had continued to carry out air strikes after the earthquake, on Wednesday declared an immediate ...
Myanmar’s generals have a choice to make ... of 17 years ago when they refused to allow international help after Cyclone Nargis tore through the country, leaving 140,000 dead, or facilitate ...
Myanmar’s ruling junta has tried this tactic before. In 2008, a week after the deadly Cyclone Nargis killed more than 100,000 people in Myanmar, the military proceeded to hold a constitutional ...
Myanmar’s generals have a choice to make following the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on Friday last week. They can repeat the mistakes of 17 years ago when they refused to allow in international help after ...
“By any measurement, really, Myanmar is a failed state, but ultimately, I think some folks are saying it can't be called a ...
Civil defense members affiliated with Myanmar’s opposition National ... seem to bear some comparison to the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, which swept across the Irrawaddy delta in May 2008.
Multiple Western aid agencies said they have struggled to get personnel into Myanmar as the ruling junta leads the response to the country's largest natural disaster in years.
However, Myanmar’s military has never let a natural disaster get in the way of its various political “roadmaps.” In the aftermath of the devastating Cyclone Nargis of 2008, which killed ...
The head of Myanmar’s military government told a forum for relief donations in Naypyitaw that 2,719 people have now been ...