From Beijing to Hanoi and Moscow, the holiday — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in Korea — ...

Firecrackers, parades and prayers are marking the start of the Year of the Snake around Asia and farther afield. Wednesday ...

An ice sculpture of the Philippines’ iconic San Agustin Church was among the main attractions at the International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, the capital city of China’s northernmost province, ...

Junta troops have been raiding villages near Mann Shwesettaw Pagoda in Magwe Region’s Minbu Township since last month as the regime prepares for the annual festival there that lasts from February to ...

The landscape of Myanmar’s conflict has dramatically changed since then. The coup makers’ State Administration Council (SAC) has been losing territory to various ethnic groups and resistance forces.

The city is also home to many cultural and historical landmarks, including the Hang Gon Megalithic Tomb, Xuan Loc Temple, and Xuan Hoa Pagoda.

Devotees take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati rivers, during the "Maha Kumbh Mela", or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, on Jan 13, 2025 ...

Landslides in the jade mining area of Hpakant in Myanmar have been a regular theme of this blog over the years. This is a mining area on an epic scale, but it is also a true wild west, with poor ...

Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth PRAYAGRAJ, India -- Hindu ...

Scam factories threaded along the Myanmar border with Thailand have been thrust back under the spotlight after the rescue of a Chinese actor who says he was duped by a fake casting call into ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India — Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women from all across India flocked to the northern city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the Maha Kumbh festival ...