The "Thingyan" festival typically celebrates Myanmar's new year with water-splashing rituals symbolising cleansing and renewal, but the central cities of Mandalay and Sagaing lie devastated from ...

Mandalay (Myanmar) (AFP) – Thousands marked the start of Myanmar's water festival on Sunday in the ruins of last month's earthquake, with the country's most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy ...

The head of Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country’s traditional new year, state-run media reported on Thursday. It was not immediately ...