Myanmar bids to put traditional thanakha face powder on UN heritage list to boost cultural profile
Supporters and opponents of Myanmar’s military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, but a celebration Wednesday ...
Casinos, high-rises and fraud: The BBC visits a bizarre city built on scams
It is accused of being a city built on scams, home to a lucrative yet deadly nexus of fraud, money-laundering and human ...
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Myanmar (Burma): The 78th National Day of the Mon ethnic group is commemorated in Myanmar
Young artists from the Mon ethnic group held a performance this Thursday to celebrate the 78th Mon National Day in the Burmese city of Yangon. The Mon are an ethnic group from Burma, primarily ...
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Tips: What's the Best Time to Travel to Myanmar?
For internal transportation, visitors can choose trains, buses, and domestic flights, although the railway infrastructure is ...
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Yangon, an anxious, frenetic city where 'everything looks normal, but is abnormal'
JIM AUGE The bar street in Yangon's Chinatown, Myanmar, January 22, 2025. LE MONDE Today, raids still take place, but signs of the military's presence in the city are discreet. Soldiers remain ...
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Seeking light in dark times four years after Myanmar coup
Yangon resident Aung Ko Gyi browses stalls for a solar power kit he can use to weather the blackouts that have become a constant feature of life in Myanmar four years on from a military coup.
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Myanmar’s Myawaddy pleads to Thailand for reprieve as crackdown cripples city
BANGKOK – The Myawaddy Chamber of Commerce has made a desperate plea to Thailand to ease restrictions on electricity and fuel supplies, as the measures, implemented to target cross-border call centre ...