A monk pays homage on the first day of Myanmar new calendar year at the world-famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, April 17, 2013. On Myanmar new year's day, people in the country used to ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Authorities in military-ruled Myanmar announced a suspension of the normal four-hour curfew to allow New Year’s celebrations in three biggest cities, but oppone ...

Visitor relax during sunset at Ngapali Beach, in Myanmar's western Rakhine State, on New Year's Eve, Saturday, Dec.31, 2022. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo) ...

BANGKOK/YANGON, Dec 31 (AP): Authorities in military-ruled Myanmar announced a suspension of the normal four-hour curfew to allow New Year's celebrations in three biggest cities, but opponents of ...

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Like most aspects of life in post-coup Myanmar, the traditional new year has become entangled with hyper-polarization, pervasive politicization, and violence. Thingyan is now a propaganda tug-of ...

Yangon residents hope for more progress for their country, as they welcome Thingyan, the Myanmar New Year, by pouring water on Buddha. Gavino Garay reports. Advertisement 1:47 1:09 1:03 ...

YANGON -- Myanmar people and the overseas Chinese community here welcomed the Year of the Rabbit on Saturday, the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Representatives from the two countries ...

After one year of military rule in Myanmar, millions of people are resisting ... committed by troops include a massacre on Christmas Eve in Kayah state, also known as Karenni, where at least ...