BANGKOK/YANGON -- Travel has remained a popular pastime in Myanmar despite years of conflict there, with many journeying to getaways inside the country's borders.

The team now aims to maintain their exceptional run of form at home and narrow the gap with the league leaders as they prepare to host Mohun Bagan. Meanwhile, table-toppers Mohun Bagan will be equally ...

It’s that time of year again for art aficionados in Singapore. Singapore Art Week (SAW) will return for its 13th edition from Jan 17 to 26. This year, fans can expect over 130 arts events around ...

Kyu Kyu Hla carries a Prada handbag worth US$ 4,250 during a meeting with the wife of the Thai military chief in Bagan in 2018. / Amazing Hotels & Resorts and Natty loves Myanmar Observers note that ...

1, 2021, the revolution that began with peaceful demonstrations has escalated into a full-blown armed struggle, now about to end its fourth year. The landscape of Myanmar’s conflict has dramatically ...

By Robin Pogrebin Major museums like the Getty and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, along with philanthropists like Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar and foundations ...

The recent abduction of a Chinese TV actor to Myanmar and his subsequent release is shedding new light on the lengths to which human traffickers operating online scam centers in the war-torn ...

Landslides in the jade mining area of Hpakant in Myanmar have been a regular theme of this blog over the years. This is a mining area on an epic scale, but it is also a true wild west, with poor ...

Scam factories threaded along the Myanmar border with Thailand have been thrust back under the spotlight after the rescue of a Chinese actor who says he was duped by a fake casting call into ...

Collin J. Meisel receives funding from the U.S. government, but the results and views expressed here are his own and do not represent the views of the USG. With major conflicts in Africa, the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BANGKOK (AP) — An overnight landslide ...

Indonesia launches a new passport to coincide with the 79th anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia. The cover of the Indonesian passport, which was previously colored green, has now changed to ...