While supporters and opponents of Myanmar’s military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, both sides can celebrate something worthy: the use of thanakha, a yellowish-white paste made from gro ...

A visit to resistance-held Karen State reveals the impact of four years of war, and the determination of ordinary citizens to ...

The 37-year-old mother, from Maungdaw, a town in Rakhine State in the western part of Myanmar, knew she and her family had to flee. For three days, Ms Fatima, her husband, and their four children ...

The Rohingya crisis began in August 2017 when violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state forced nearly one million Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh. In February 2021, Myanmar’s military ...

"Rakhine State cannot be looked at in isolation of the rest of Myanmar, where the State Administrative Council (SAC) [military junta forces] have been engaged in widespread and systematic attacks ...

Myanmar troops committed widespread gang rape against women and girls in their ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya in northern Rakhine State, a new report from Human Rights Watch claims.

India is home to several UNESCO World Heritage Sites that were originally temples. These sites, rich in history and architectural grandeur, showcase the artistic brilliance of ancient Indian ...

Chinese and Thai cultures have been intertwined for centuries and Bangkok has numerous incense-wreathed temples that represent shared spiritual traditions. Take our advice and pop along to any of ...

Misrepresented images continued to swirl on social media around the unrest in Myanmar's western Rakhine state that is riven with ethnic and religious divisions. Burmese Facebook posts in January ...

One of the scariest travel experiences I’ve ever had happened in Myanmar, when I visited the ancient temples of Mrauk-U ... far from existing unrest in the Rakhine State. That experience taught ...