YANGON, Myanmar - The Shwedagon Pagoda, or Golden Pagoda, is the largest and most striking temple in a land dotted with thousands of Buddhist temples. An Englishman visiting the pagoda in 1586 called ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Every evening, more than a dozen men and women walk in a tight row in front of Myanmar’s most revered Buddhist pagoda, sweeping the vast marble terrace in unison in hopes of ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Amid the towering golden spires of Myanmar’s grandest Buddhist shrine there was talk of politics and hope for the future as thousands came Wednesday for the return of an annual ...

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Thousands of Buddhist devotees thronged Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda to mark the full moon of the Thadingyut festival on Sunday, some offering prayers for a country plunged into turmoil by last year's ...

YANGON, Myanmar - The Shwedagon Pagoda, or Golden Pagoda, is the largest and most striking temple in a land dotted with thousands of Buddhist temples.