Sources: NPR
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Sagaing, Myanmar, with significant damages reported as far away as Bangkok, Thailand. Over 1,000 people are killed in Myanmar and ten more in Thailand. A state of emergency is declared by the Myanmar government. 2025-03-28
Fourteen people are killed and 25 others are injured in a three vehicle collision in Kyaukpadaung, Myanmar. 2022-09-14
Malaysia deports 1,086 Burmese citizens back to Myanmar, defying an order by the Kuala Lumpur High Court halting their deportation in light of the coup on February 1. 2021-02-23
Saudi Arabia reports the execution and crucifixion, in Mecca, of a man from Myanmar. The man was sentenced for breaking into the home of a woman and stabbing her, which led to her death, as well as for other crimes. 2018-08-8
A military pilot is killed when his F-7 fighter jet crashes into a paddy field in Kyunkone, central Myanmar. 2018-04-3
The Obama administration lifts U.S. sanctions on Myanmar by terminating an emergency order that deemed the policies of the former military government a threat to U.S. national security. 2016-10-7
Burmese State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi asks U.S. businesses to invest in Myanmar after Barack Obama agrees to lift U.S. sanctions. 2016-09-15
The Obama administration through the U.S. Justice Department seeks a fine of $14 billion against Deutsche Bank in regards to mortgage securities. 2016-09-15
A Thai national is arrested in Myanmar in relation to human trafficking offences after the Myanmar Navy rescues more than 200 people from a boat that he allegedly owns. 2015-05-30
The Obama administration gives provisional approval for Royal Dutch Shell to drill in the Arctic Ocean during the summer. 2015-05-11