YANGON | Xinhua | As the old Myanmar saying goes, “Mango is the best fruit and tea is the best leaf.” For centuries, tea leaves have held a special place in Myanmar culture — not only brewed as a ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Supporters and opponents of Myanmar’s military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, but a celebration Wednesday feted something almost all find worthy: the use of thanakha, ...

Joe Freeman is an American writer and researcher who has worked across Southeast Asia for more than a decade, reporting from Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines and in Myanmar during the mid-2010s ...

AMERSFOORT, Netherlands, July 31 (UNHCR) - When a group of 35 refugees from Myanmar flew to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport earlier this year, they had already been schooled in how to deal with the ...

Myanmar’s traditional new year celebration, known as Thingyan, takes place over four-to-five days each April, marking the shift from the old year to the new, according to the lunisolar calendar. At ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Myanmar culture took over The Baker Ripley House Saturday afternoon with authentic artistry, tapestry and designs. Refugee women from that country, now living in Houston, displayed ...

“To…Ma Ma Nu Gyi,” an elegiac anti-war poem, has highlighted a divide among opponents of military rule.

A new Burmese restaurant will open to the public in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood Saturday. The family-owned restaurant Ni Burmese will showcase a variety of traditional dishes from Myanmar, the ...