Myanmar is applying to add thanakha to UNESCO's world Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The use of thanakha is believed to ...

Press gangs prowl the streets of Mandalay and Bagan, snatching people on their way to or from work on trumped-up charges or for no reason at all.

A resident of Bagan, Muhammad Afzal, said the people of Bagan are staging a protest at Mandori. "We demand that the people who suffered losses during a tribal raid in November be compensated and ...

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Major Religions: Theravada Buddhism 87.9%, Christianity 6.2%, Islam 4.3%, Other 1.6% The first evidence of the Christian presence in Myanmar is traced to the 13th century -- Latin and Greek writings ...

There were already 3.4 million displaced people in Myanmar at the beginning of September ... record rainfall had damaged several pagodas in Bagan, the country's ancient capital that is a UNESCO ...

The Grandeur of Shwedagon PagodaYangon's most iconic landmark is Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda, whose golden dome dominates the skyline at 112 metres, shimmering with donated gold and precious stones.