In its viral promotional video, the brand chose to highlight the comfort of wearing a lungi as compared to tight pants. 'You ...

In searing heat, threatened by tear gas and bullets, women in Myanmar are exploiting this male superstition, stringing up used sanitary pads and colorful longyi sarongs across neighborhood streets.

Here’s why it is the most versatile garment any man can own. (Youtube grab/ Longyi Brothers) Now the practical, no-fuss garment is a hot-weather favourite for staying cool. But Bangkok-based ...

YANGON: Police in southern Myanmar were on Monday hunting six men who broke out of jail using their longyi, a type of local sarong, as ropes to climb down from the roof. The group have been on the ...

Waist-deep in pits of crude oil, longyi-clad roughnecks burrow a living from black gold in the most improbable of landscapes. Ko Min, 26, manually extracts the viscous liquid from his three 300 ...

YANGON -- Fewer people in Myanmar wear traditional longyi attire on a daily basis these days, but one fashion brand is spurring renewed interest in the tube-shaped fabric with contemporary ...

Protesters in Myanmar have taken to stringing up traditional women's skirts, called longyis, on clothes lines across streets as a way to protect themselves from security forces. According to old ...

For more than 60 years, the area has been the primary production hub of the longyi, a traditional Burmese garment that is routinely dyed a variety of colours, more often than not black. There are more ...