VOA's Daniel Schearf Recently visited Burma during U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to the country. While there he took this photographs of Rangoon's Shwedegon Pagoda. 1 A Buddha statue at ...

70 “Buddhist Monks Occupy Myanmar Pagoda as Part of Protest,” Associated Press, September 19, 2007. 71 Ibid; Human Rights Watch interview, (name and location withheld), October 27, 2007.

TIME has been trying to get a clear view of the political situation in Burma. A local correspondent ... The bell in the Kyaikthanlan Pagoda in Moulmein has this English inscription: “This ...

Meanwhile, the top of the spire of Shwe Sar Yan pagoda near Mandalay ... It could not come at a worse time for Myanmar with the repressive military regime engaged in a brutal war against the ...

(Read about what causes earthquakes.) A photographer captured this damaged pagoda on April 2, 2025 in the ancient city of Ava, Myanmar. Pagodas serve as Buddhist temples and sacred buildings ...

Shwedagon Pagoda, one of Myanmar's most revered sites, saw an increase in visitors. While the pagoda typically welcomes about 40,000 pilgrims on regular days, visitors surged to around 100,000 on ...