YANGON, July 6 (Reuters) - UNESCO inscribed Myanmar’s ancient capital of Bagan as a World Heritage Site on Saturday, nearly a quarter of a century after the complex of Buddhist temples was first ...

BAGAN, Myanmar (AFP) — A squad of gun-toting police patrol Myanmar's sacred site of Bagan under the cover of night, taking on plunderers snatching relics from temples forsaken by tourists due to ...

“I was just coming down with visitors from the temple at this gate. We would have been hit by the earthquake if we had gone down from the other side. I was taking pictures of the visitors here. Then, ...

The Bagan Archaeological Zone stands in central Myanmar as one of the most extraordinary ancient landscapes in Southeast Asia. Once the cosmopolitan heart of the Kingdom of Pagan, it became the first ...

Fighting between Myanmar's military and ethnic Rakhine rebels in Mrauk U, the ancient capital of the Rakhine kingdom, has left at least eight locals injured, scaring tourists and sparking fears that ...

Take a flight of discovery high above the ancient plains of Old Bagan, Myanmar, where thousands of centuries-old temples and pagodas rise from the mist. This breathtaking aerial footage showcases the ...

BANGKOK — A study issued Tuesday by researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar supported reports that air strikes by the military government damaged churches in the Buddhist-dominated ...

A squad of armed police patrol Myanmar's sacred site of Bagan under the cover of night, taking on plunderers snatching relics from temples forsaken by tourists due to coronavirus restrictions. Each ...