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Bangkok — Two violent earthquakes rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, killing at least 144 people in Myanmar, according to the country’s military rulers. In the Thai capital Bangkok, the first powerful quake toppled a skyscraper that was under construction, killing at least three people at the site and leaving dozens missing under the rubble, officials said. A state of emergency was declared in Bangkok and in six regions and states in neighboring Myanmar, including its capital Naypyitaw. The head of Myanmar’s ruling junta said in the televised speech Friday evening that at least 144 people were killed and 730 others…