Five years after Myanmar’s military coup, people have begun returning to the streets for Thingyan – the country’s traditional New Year festival – after years of boycotting public celebrations. This ...

Burma Burma introduces a Thingyan-themed festive menu inspired by Burmese culinary traditions. Featuring rice bowls, ...

YANGON: Crowds across Myanmar continued to celebrate the traditional Thingyan water festival on Tuesday (April 14), the second day of the festivities, reuniting with family and taking part in ...

Like much else, the country’s normally raucous new year festivities have become a political battleground since the 2021 coup. Like most aspects of life in post-coup Myanmar, the traditional new year ...

Bombs dropped by regime forces have killed at least one civilian—a 14-year-old girl—in Sagaing’s Yinmabin Township since Sunday ...

It has been five years since the military coup in Myanmar, and revellers who had been boycotting public celebrations are ...

Burma Burma celebrates the Thingyan Festival with a limited-edition menu inspired by Burmese traditions. Featuring rice bowls ...

An anti-junta militant of the Karen National Union is starting his day, deep in the jungles of the Bago Yoma mountain range in central Myanmar, by gathering firewood and water for his battalion. As he ...

People take part in celebrations of the Thingyan water festival in Yangon, Myanmar, April 13, 2024. Myanmar's vibrant Thingyan water festival kicked off on Saturday, with celebrations taking place ...

Nay Pyi Taw: Myanmar authorities have banned the sale of alcohol in Nay Pyi Taw during the annual Thingyan Water Festival which begins on Monday.The four-day Thingyan festival marks the beginning of ...

Among those released was Dr. Hkalam Samson, a prominent Kachin Christian leader, and three members of the National League for Democracy. Myanmar’s military junta yesterday released more than 3,300 ...