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 ...

Chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown is writing from Myanmar (formerly Burma) as part of a new series “Culture at Risk.” Learn more about why Brown is there in his reflections “Is culture at risk in ...

YANGON, Myanmar—A powerful earthquake shook Myanmar on Wednesday, killing at least three people and damaging more than 100 ancient Buddhist pagodas in the former capital of Bagan, a major tourist site ...

Bangkok, Aug 29 (efe_epa).Bangkok, Aug 29 (efe_epa). — The number of pagodas and stupas damaged in the archeological complex of Bagan in central Myanmar, in the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the ...

BAGAN, Myanmar (eTN) – With its 1,200 or 1,300 stupas, pagodas, and temples – it is probably difficult to get a precise figure – Bagan in Myanmar is certainly one of Asia’s most stunning places to ...

Bangkok, Feb 23 (EFE).Bangkok, Feb 23 (EFE). — Myanmar’s Ministry of Culture has announced it will soon forbid tourists in Bagan from climbing the 1,000yearold pagodas, prompting a backlash from ...

BAGAN, Myanmar — Well before dawn tourists begin climbing the steep steps of an ancient Buddhist temple, their cameras at the ready to capture first light over the remains of Bagan. Subscribe to read ...

25 August – The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has expressed her profound sympathy to the government and people of Myanmar after the devastating 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck central ...