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Ye Aung Than, a son of Suu Kyi's estranged older brother, laid a wreath in front of his grandfather's tomb during the main ceremony at the Martyrs' Mausoleum near the foot of the towering Shwedagon ...

He was joined at the monument next to the famous Shwedagon Pagoda by other top military generals commemorating Aung San's killing. It is the first time Min Aung Hlaing has attended the event since ...

Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing attended the wreath-laying ceremony Saturday at the Martyrs’ Mausoleum in Yangon, the former capital, footage broadcast by state media MRTV showed. He was joined at the ...

The country’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was absent from the event for a fifth consecutive year since her arrest in February 2021 following a coup d'état.View on euronews ...

The head of Myanmar’s military government made a rare appearance at a ceremony on Saturday honoring General Aung San, an independence hero and father of jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi. It ...

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The Shwedagon Pagoda is thought to contain between 6 and 60 tonnes of gold. (Image: Getty) There are some massive structures in the world, but very few are made of gold.

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The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 8.65 million visitors in 2024, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees have confirmed.