Aung San gave a historic speech at the foot of Shwedagon before the country gained independence from Britain in 1948. His daughter Aung San Suu Kyi went to the pagoda to give her landmark speech ...

According to state media, the group of eight attempted to enter the Shwedagon Pagoda after leaving the dolls outside but were detained by the temple’s security guards. Security guards claimed ...

A group of around eight people in Myanmar are facing prosecution for using sex dolls to carry out "ritual incantations" in the car park of the Shwedagon pagoda, one of the country’s holiest sites.

An AFP reporter confirmed the Shwedagon pagoda in the commercial hub Yangon has not been destroyed, and the false posts have misrepresented footage of another temple. "Shwedagon Pagoda ...

Despite decades of imprisonment and vilification, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi still commands what Myanmar’s generals never could: ...

YANGON: The Shwedagon Pagoda also known as the golden pagoda in Myanmar attracted over 10 million visitors including nearly 80,000 foreign visitors in 2023, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon ...

External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh on Friday visited the revered Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar. Four of Buddha's four relics are enshrined in the Pagoda. On a four-day visit to Myanmar ...

YANGON: The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the golden pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 3.6 million visitors in the first six months of 2024, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of ...

The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar is thought to contain between six and 60 tonnes of gold, according to Fodor's Travel Guide. The reason the exact figure is unknown is because gold has been ...

YANGON, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 8.65 million visitors in 2024, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of ...