Myanmar has been spending a great deal of its resources on pagodas (consisting of stupas and their surrounding enclosures) and temples (places for meditation called Ku's) as well as on the new capitol ...

Myanmar took stock of toppled spires and crumbling temple walls in the ancient capital Bagan Thursday after a powerful earthquake hit the country, killing three and damaging the top tourist ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Gongs chimed as thousands of people in ceremonial costumes walked barefoot Wednesday through the marble walkways of Myanmar’s most sacred Buddhist shrine in an annual festival that ...

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 ...

Just hours after the devastating earthquake that hit central Italy this past Wednesday another powerful, unrelated, quake devastated central Myanmar, causing at least four deaths and damaging nearly ...

In Yangon, Myanmar, authorities have said that they will crack down on tour guides who allow their visitors to wear shoes into pagodas, says a report in Traveller. "Legal action will be taken if ...

Reporting from BANGKOK — A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook central Myanmar on Wednesday, damaging scores of ancient Buddhist pagodas in the former capital of Bagan, a major tourist attraction, ...

(Reuters) - Known as the city of four million pagodas, Myanmar's ancient capital of Bagan is one of Southeast Asia's most important archaeological sites. - Bagan, in central Myanmar, lies on the ...