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Thousands throng Myanmar's Shwedagon to mark Buddhist festival of lights

October 9, 2022 - 4:54pm

The three-day festival marks Buddha's descent from heaven and is normally marked by riotous fireworks displays, with candles...

World

Myanmar takes more measures to boost tourist arrivals

October 5, 2014 - 3:02pm

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.

World

Lifting the veil of The Glass Palace

By Bobby Cuenca | June 8, 2014 - 12:00am

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

Travel and Tourism

Yangon’s old-world charm: Enjoy it while it’s still there

By Paulynn Sicam | March 16, 2014 - 12:00am

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...

Sunday Lifestyle

Jason Mraz performs in Myanmar vs. trafficking

November 19, 2012 - 12:00am

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

Entertainment

Myanmar extends curfews to stem sectarian violence

June 10, 2012 - 9:15pm

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

North Korean FM visits Myanmar amid nuke concerns

July 29, 2010 - 2:08pm

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.

The enduring Shwedagon Pagoda, symbol of Burmese (Myanmar’s) hope

By Preciosa S. Soliven | August 24, 2008 - 12:00am

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...

Sunday Lifestyle

Burma’s Shwedagon Pagoda and the Eightfold Path

By A POINT OF AWARENESS | By Preciosa S. Soliven | August 14, 2008 - 12:00am

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