YANGON, Myanmar – 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 keeping ...

YANGON: The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the golden pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 3.6 million visitors in the first six months of 2024, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of ...

As he smooths a gold plaque on the glistening flank of Myanmar's most prestigious Buddhist pagoda, a merchant pays his ancestors the highest honour – and contributes to a bumper year of donations to ...

Yangon, Sept 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday offered prayers at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar. Modi also laid wreath and paid homage to the martyrs at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum in ...

Yangon, Dec 12 (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday laid a wreath at the Myanmar martyrs’ mausoleum where he honoured the supreme sacrifices of General Aung San, father of State Councillor ...

Britain's ambassador to Myanmar was forced to interrupt Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson earlier this year as he tried to recite a nostalgic colonial poem by Rudyard Kipling in public during a visit to ...

Narendra Modi in Myanmar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited iconic Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon. (ANI image) Narendra Modi in Myanmar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited ...

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 — 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 ...