- Title: Thai PM visits collapsed construction site after Myanmar quake tremor
- Date: 28th March 2025
- Summary: BEIRUT SOUTHERN SUBURBS, LEBANON (MARCH 28, 2025) (REUTERS) PEOPLE AT SITE OF AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON A BUILDING IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF BEIRUT VARIOUS OF RUBBLE ON SITE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RESIDENT OF BEIRUT'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS, KAMAL (SURNAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING: "These strikes do not scare us, nor do they hurt us. We are used to strikes and so. I live here and I did not
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- Keywords: Myanmar Paetongtarn Shinawatra Thailand collapsed construction site quake tremor
- Location: BANGKOK, THAILAND
- City: BANGKOK, THAILAND
- Country: Thailand
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
- Reuters ID: LVA001243628032025RP1
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- Story Text: Thai prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra visited the collapsed construction site in Bangkok on Friday (March 28) evening after it tumbled during a tremor from a powerful earthquake originating from Myanmar.
The Thai PM did not give any interview at the site on Friday.
A powerful earthquake centered in Myanmar rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, killing several people and causing extensive damage, with rescuers in Bangkok searching for 81 people in the rubble of a collapsed building.
At least three people were killed in the town of Taungoo in Myanmar when a mosque partially collapsed, witnesses said, while local media reported that at least two people died and 20 were injured after a hotel collapsed in Aung Ban.
In Thailand, the defense minister said rescuers were searching for 81 people trapped in the rubble of a skyscraper that was under construction and collapsed into a pile of rubble.
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