{"id":70636,"date":"2025-04-01T15:18:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/apr\/01\/myanmar-earthquake-junta-accused-blocking-aid"},"modified":"2025-04-01T23:10:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:10:34","slug":"myanmar-junta-accused-of-blocking-aid-for-earthquake-victims-as-airstrikes-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=70636","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar junta accused of blocking aid for earthquake victims as airstrikes continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Doctors helping with aftermath of disaster and UN special rapporteur say aid is disappearing or being blocked in some areas<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/mar\/31\/aftermath-of-the-myanmar-earthquake-a-visual-guide\">Aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake \u2013 a visual guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Myanmar\u2019s military is facing criticism over continued airstrikes and claims it is blocking aid to earthquake survivors, as international agencies urged \u201cunfettered access\u201d to humanitarian aid in the conflict-riven nation.<\/p>\n<p>The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/mar\/31\/myanmar-earthquake-death-toll-healthcare-overwhelmed-who\">hit central Myanmar<\/a> on Friday has caused widespread destruction, killing more than 2,700 people and leaving affected areas in dire need of basic necessities such as food and water.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/apr\/01\/myanmar-earthquake-junta-accused-blocking-aid\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctors helping with aftermath of disaster and UN special rapporteur say aid is disappearing or being blocked in some areasAftermath of the Myanmar earthquake \u2013 a visual guideMyanmar\u2019s military is facing criticism over continued airstrikes and claims i&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4667,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,263,82,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-earthquakes","category-myanmar","category-south-and-central-asia","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4667"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70636"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70662,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70636\/revisions\/70662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}