Neighboring Thailand, where the holiday is called Songkran, was expected to celebrate with revelry as usual. It sees a mass ...

In Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar, millions normally take part in raucous play with uninhibited splashing of water on ...

Performances of Myanmar dance and music, which are usually staged at the annual event celebrating the New Year, were cancelled. Participants instead offered a silent prayer for the quake victims ...

People participate in one of the Feng Yi Dragon & Lion Dance Association fundraising activities in Yangon, Myanmar, April 8, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua) In the heart of Yangon's bustling Chinatown ...

The people of Myanmar have often turned to the clergy for aid during natural disasters. But last month’s earthquake was also ...

YANGON: In the heart of Yangon's bustling Chinatown, a group of over 30 young people from the Feng Yi Dragon & Lion Dance Association ... devastating earthquake in Myanmar has climbed to 3,645 ...

YANGON, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The 2025 Myanmar New Year's Ata Thingyan Festival will be celebrated peacefully without music or dance, the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Thursday.

As civil war-torn Myanmar struggles to recover from a devastating earthquake, the United States is facing criticism that it has abandoned the country in its hour of need – and is ceding global ...