The majority of people in Myanmar are Buddhists, and they are known for their tradition of charitable work. The traditional Htamane festival, a Buddhist festival, is celebrated around February, or ...

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From serene pagodas and bustling markets to golden sunsets over rivers and ancient temples, this visual journey captures the ...

Reports of high-profile kidnappings on the Thai-Myanmar border have frightened Chinese tourists who were Thailand's top ...

Glitzy videos by Yatai promised a $15bn (£12.1bn) investment and depicted a high-rise wonderland of hotels, casinos and ...

That a bank manager, of all people, could be fooled on a scale sufficient to bring down a bank is a sign of how sophisticated ...

Panicked residents visited petrol stations amid fears of fuel shortages as Thai government chiefs cut power to border towns ...

Shaktidham Ashram organized the Love Unites event at the Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh Prayagraj, featuring performances by ...

Four years ago today, a military junta in Myanmar seized power from the country's democratically elected government. They sent tanks into the streets and detained the country's president, as well as ...

Myanmar's military deposed the elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. She remains in jail and the country is mired in a brutal civil war.

Take the case of Myanmar, considered one of the least free countries in the world. The American nonprofit Freedom House gives Myanmar a score of nine out of 100 on the Global Freedom Index and ...