Here’s what to know about the challenges from the natural disaster—compounded by ongoing civil war—and where the country ...

Coupling earthquake relief with efforts to engage the Myanmar junta and foster peace is doomed to failure, argues a ...

That year, Cyclone Nargis descended on the nation’s coast and took the lives of at least 100,000 people as the regime played down the storm’s severity. Myanmar at the time was ruled by another ...

Myanmar's ruling military junta is seizing ... aid — a move that represents a stark contrast to the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis that hit the Asian nation in 2008. Then, the junta had initially ...

With the military mostly absent from post-earthquake rescue and recovery, ordinary people have taken it upon themselves to ...

The IRC initiated an emergency response in Myanmar following Cyclone Nargis in 2008. The IRC has worked with local partners to expand its activities since then, serving people who have been affected ...

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 ...