YANGON: The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 3.5 million visitors in the first ...

Southeast Asia is a region steeped in spiritual history and cultural richness, and nowhere is this more evident than in its ...

"She remains the single figure Myanmar’s military leaders fear most. No other politician has faced such repeated arrests, ...

Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist According to legend, when Shankaracharya went to meet Brahmin scholar Mandan Mishra ...

The Pagoda of Fogong Temple in Shuozhou, Shanxi Province has become home to the local cats rather than just a scratching walls. This 1000-year-old wooden structure is guarded by no human but a ...

In her first speech at Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda, she called the political uprising of that year “the second independence struggle.” She was only 43 at the time. From then on, she faced not only ...

One stupa, or pagoda, the Shwedagon, is the country's most sacred Buddhist site. A coup in 2021 sparked demonstrations.

Places to Witness Thadingyut Festival The celebration can be experienced at its most splendid in Yangon or at Inle Lake. Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is 99 meters high and offers magnificent sights of ...

Ananda Pagoda Festival runs according to the Burmese calendar and begins on the full moon of Pyatho. The first day of the festival is bustling with activity and local traditions, but you can still ...

YANGON: A minor earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale struck near Pyay township, Bago region, on Monday (June 9) morning, according to a statement from the Department of Meteorology and ...