In Bagan, the ancient art of lacquerware is alive and well. Skilled artisans paint layer upon layer of lacquer (tree sap) ...

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A large snake was found coiled on top of a gold pagoda at a Buddhist temple in Myanmar. The 15ft serpent was spotted by locals wrapped around the crown of the religious building in Kachin's Shwe ...

A study issued Tuesday by researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar supported reports that air strikes by the military government damaged churches in the Buddhist-dominated country ...

But in Mrauk U just a handful of foreigners have dozens of Buddhist temples to themselves. The site lies in Rakhine state, an isolated region at the western corner of Myanmar, with poor ...

Troops and helicopter gunships opened fire last Friday on the temple school in Sagaing region, a rebel stronghold. Myanmar's military government said it had been an attack on insurgents they ...