The junta’s spite worsens Myanmar’s catastrophic quake

OUTSIDERS HAD dared wonder if the enormous earthquake which struck Myanmar on March 28th might bring a pause in its awful civil war. The answer did not take long to come. On March 29th the National Unity Government, whose forces are battling the ruling junta, announced a temporary ceasefire so that rescuers could do their job. The military junta, which has held power since a coup in 2021, made no similar pledge. Instead, it has intensified air strikes since the disaster. Its bombs have fallen close to people scrabbling through the rubble to look for survivors.