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YANGON, Myanmar ­— Visiting Burma has always been a magical experience, but now there is also an ethical dimension. Travelers contemplating a trip to Burma will be aware that it is regarded by ...
An AFP reporter confirmed the Shwedagon pagoda in the commercial hub Yangon has not been destroyed, and the false posts have misrepresented footage of another temple. "Shwedagon Pagoda ...
He left his monastery on the first day of the September protests and was soon marching near the famed Shwedagon Pagoda ... any sense that Burma would be changed forever by the crowds that took ...
When asked where the monks had gone, one 30-year-old man who was at Shwedagon in the early days of the protests puts his wrists together in the sign of locked handcuffs. According to Burma’s ...
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(CBS News) - As they have for 2,000 years, faithful monks practiced ancient rituals at Burma's holiest Buddhist temple, Shwedagon Pagoda Friday. The scene looked like it was locked in time ...
TIME continues to use Burma and Rangoon ... thousand of their brethren would be streaming from the Shwedagon Pagoda some 2 miles to the north, on their march into downtown Rangoon.
Jason Mraz will make history next month when he performs at an outdoor concert in Burma to raise awareness ... at the base of Shwedagon Pagoda. Mraz, 35, is the first international artist to ...