On Saturday afternoon (Jan 31), the eve of the full moon of Tabodwe, Shwedagon Pagoda towered over Yangon as Myanmar's most ...

INLE LAKE, Myanmar (AP) — Hundreds of waterborne spectators gathered Friday to watch boat races on Myanmar’s Inle Lake, the highlight of the annual Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival. The festival, held on ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Amid the towering golden spires of Myanmar’s grandest Buddhist shrine there was talk of politics and hope for the future as thousands came Wednesday for the return of an annual ...

Thousands of religious buildings were destroyed in the severe earthquake that struck Buddhist-majority Myanmar on Friday. More than 2,000 monasteries and pagodas in the Sagaing region alone are said ...

INLE LAKE, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival, a major Buddhist celebration and world-class tourist attraction, has seen some of its celebratory spirit diminished, with locals and ...

Intha ethnic people celebrate during a traditional boats racing competition to mark the Phaung Daw Oo pagoda festival Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Inle Lake, southern Shan State, Myanmar.

A damaged pagoda is pictured in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. (photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images) A 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar killed ...

Soldiers and police seal off some of the centuries-old Buddhist pagodas after at least 187 of the brick temples were damaged in a powerful earthquake.