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                    [ArticleID] => 2215440
                    [Title] => Thousands throng Myanmar's Shwedagon to mark Buddhist festival of lights
                    [Summary] => The three-day festival marks Buddha's descent from heaven and is normally marked by riotous fireworks displays, with candles and colorful lanterns lighting up streets and homes.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-10-09 16:54:00
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                    [ArticleID] => 1376802
                    [Title] => Myanmar takes more measures to boost tourist arrivals
                    [Summary] => 

Myanmar's immigration authorities have allowed online electronic (e)-visa to tourists from 24 more foreign countries aimed at attacting more tourists to the Southeast Asian nation.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-05 15:02:59 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1332181 [Title] => Lifting the veil of The Glass Palace [Summary] =>

An excerpt from The River Of Lost Footsteps by Thant Myint-U:

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135988 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1171761 [AuthorName] => Bobby Cuenca [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1301251 [Title] => Yangon’s old-world charm: Enjoy it while it’s still there [Summary] =>

Some weeks back, I wrote about the political changes in Myanmar, a country I visited for four days in February. I would have followed it up the following week with this article on Yangon, Myanmar’s premier city, which so charmed me, but life happened and other topics got in the way. Anyway, I truly liked Yangon and I want to return one day before development catches up with it and depletes its old-world charm.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134310 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805291 [AuthorName] => Paulynn Sicam [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 868254 [Title] => Jason Mraz performs in Myanmar vs. trafficking [Summary] =>

Jason Mraz will make history next month when he performs in Myanmar to raise awareness about human trafficking.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 815859 [Title] => Myanmar extends curfews to stem sectarian violence [Summary] =>

Authorities in western Myanmar imposed new curfews Sunday to keep deadly clashes between local Buddhists and Muslim Bengalis from escalating.

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North Korea's foreign minister visited Myanmar on Thursday for high-level talks that come on the heels of a US warning against any cooperation between the two nations on nuclear technology.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-29 14:08:14 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 81061 [Title] => The enduring Shwedagon Pagoda, symbol of Burmese (Myanmar’s) hope [Summary] =>

YANGON, Myanmar The first Burmese empire (1057) was founded by Anawrahta in Bagan, which today still has the ruins of their Golden Age when the great era of pagoda building began.  There were constant wars with 2008-08-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1659389 [AuthorName] => Preciosa S. Soliven [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 79185 [Title] => Burma’s Shwedagon Pagoda and the Eightfold Path [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-08-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133347 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1659389 [AuthorName] => Preciosa S. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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