The Irrawaddy

Deathly Quiet Hangs Over Mandalay on Election Day

Many shops were shuttered and homes locked in Mandalay city as a trickle of voters turned out amid tight security after a resistance rocket attack overnight.
The Diplomat

Myanmar’s Rebel Militias Redeploy Towards Mandalay

Myanmar’s anti-regime forces are being re-deployed to the south, north, and east of Mandalay amid rising expectations of a coming battle with the military aimed at wresting control of the old ...
Daily Journal

5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Mandalay in Myanmar, the latest in a string of aftershocks

BANGKOK (AP) — Emergency rescue teams on Sunday began trickling into the area of Myanmar hardest hit by a massive earthquake that killed more than 1,600 people, their efforts hindered by buckled ...
The Irrawaddy

Tight Security, Voter Apathy Grip Mandalay Ahead of Junta-Run Election

Residents say only the military proxy party and one rival are visibly campaigning ahead of Sunday’s vote, as turnout drive dominates Myanmar’s discredited poll.
Yahoo

Smell of death permeates Myanmar cities after quake kills over 1,600

MANDALAY, Myanmar— The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar’s second-largest city on Sunday as people worked frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope of finding someone ...
KUTV

Smell of death fills Myanmar cities after quake kills over 1,600, leaves countless buried

MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) — The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar's second-largest city on Sunday as people worked frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope of finding ...