Quake-hit Myanmar's Junta Chief To Head To Bangkok Summit

Source: International Business Times

Heavy construction equipment is used to clear the debris at the site of the collapsed building in Bangkok AFP The head of the Myanmar junta is expected to travel to Bangkok on Thursday for a regional summit, six days after the country ruled by his armed forces was pummelled by a devastating earthquake. Min Aung Hlaing will join a BIMSTEC gathering -- the seven littoral nations of the Bay of Bengal -- where he will raise the response to Friday's 7. 7-magnitude quake that has killed nearly 3,000 people.