Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) Birth name: Aung San ...

The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar is thought to contain between six and 60 tonnes of gold, according to Fodor's Travel Guide. The reason the exact figure is unknown is because gold has been ...

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 ...

YANGON, Nov. 15 (Xinhua ... Htay Hlaing, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees, told Xinhua. Shwedagon Pagoda, one of Myanmar's most revered sites, saw an increase in visitors.

YANGON – It was close to midnight in Yangon ... At People’s Park, a green sanctuary near the famous Shwedagon Pagoda, lovers canoodled in weathered seats. Claw machines did a roaring trade ...

Hanoi (VNA) – Thousands of Buddhist followers gathered at Shwedagon pagoda in Myanmar on May 22 ... that dominates the skyline of commercial hub Yangon. Towering over them was the main, gold ...

Yangon (AFP) – Thousands of Buddhist devotees gathered at Myanmar's Shwedagon pagoda on Wednesday to mark the Buddha's birthday and to water a sacred Bodhi tree believed to be linked to his ...

Thousands of Buddhist devotees gathered at Myanmar's Shwedagon pagoda on Wednesday to mark ... that dominates the skyline of commercial hub Yangon. Reaching a giant marble platform dotted with ...