"It's kind of a basic thing.""If you don't have it you have less healthy people, a lower quality of human capital. How can the country improve without good health?"Tha Yu is in an area controlled by ...

Local groups are struggling to cope with the scale of the disaster, while the civil war means international efforts have so far proved ineffective.

Pope Francis’ visit was truly a historic event for the 700,000 Catholics in the Buddhist majority country. He was the first ...

YANGON/BANGKOK, (March 30, 2025) – Save the Children and its partners are providing lifesaving aid in earthquake-affected areas in Myanmar with an immediate need for water, food and health care ...

YANGON/ BANGKOK, (March 28, 2025) – Save the Children is monitoring the impact of two strong earthquakes which struck Myanmar at about midday local time on Friday. The earthquake was felt in many ...

Thousands of Myanmar refugees in Thailand fear they may go hungry amid a donor funding shortfall.A foreign aid shortfall, soaring demand and inflation are forcing charities in Thailand to drastically ...

Pope Francis meets pilgrims from Crema diocese during an audience at the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican on April 15. During the audience, the pope again called for peace in war-ravaged Myanmar following ...

At St. Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon, worshippers recalled Francis as a voice for Myanmar's suffering people and the only pontiff to visit their nation.

Military attacks continue in Myanmar despite ceasefires declared after a 7.7 earthquake that killed 3,700 people, the UN ...

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, based in the nation’s largest city and commercial hub, also stressed hope and peace in his Easter greetings. “A divine invitation to begin again is to plant seeds ...