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

Heavy construction equipment is used to clear the debris at the site of the collapsed building in Bangkok (Credit: 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.