Myanmar earthquake death toll at 3,354, Min Aung Hlaing returns from regional summit in Thailand

The death toll from Myanmar’s devastating earthquake climbed to 3,354, with 4,850 injured and 220 missing, regime media reported on Saturday, as the visiting U.N. aid chief praised humanitarian and community groups for leading the aid response.

Regime leader Min Aung Hlaing was back in the capital Naypyidaw after a rare foreign trip to attend a summit in Bangkok of South and Southeast Asian nations, where he also met separately with the leaders of Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and India.