I’m deep inside a magnificent Buddhist temple in the ruined city of Mrauk U in western Myanmar (formerly Burma), in embattled Rakhine State. Beginning around 1535, a thousand workers labored for ...

Junta members gave lavishly to monks, funded monasteries and spent tens of millions of dollars restoring some of Myanmar’s Buddhist temples ... erupted in coastal Rakhine State between Buddhists ...

Bangkok, Thailand – As Myanmar slowly recovers from the magnitude ... But it is western Rakhine State – largely spared from the earthquake – that is still the most consequential battleground ...

Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak accompanied by his wife Akshata Murty, visited BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in New Delhi, India, on September 10, 2023 during his official trip to the city for ...

Replying to a question, the high representative termed Myanmar’s decision to take back 180,000 Rohingyas back as a significant diplomatic achievement of the interim government ...

BANGKOK -- The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday, but it wasn’t ...

Four years into Myanmar’s civil war, the conflict remains far from a resolution. The military regime, reeling from devastating losses, is in deep trouble. It has lost effective control of roughly ...

6,027 pagodas and temples, 350 hospitals and clinics, 170 bridges, 586 dams and 203 sections of the main highway in Myanmar, also known as Burma. Myanmar Fire Services Department, an official ...

"Child, this is [the] apocalypse," said a voice note, received within the first hours of Myanmar's devastating recent earthquake. It shook me to the core. It came from a veteran humanitarian whose ...

After a massive earthquake hit Myanmar on March 28, social media posts falsely claimed images of a destroyed town showed the tremors' aftermath. The pictures were actually taken in the Gaza Strip ...

For the record, the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) departed for Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on March 30, two days after a devastating earthquake struck the conflict-torn country.