Five years after Myanmar’s military coup, people have begun returning to the streets for Thingyan – the country’s traditional ...

Crowds across Myanmar continued to celebrate the traditional Thingyan water festival on Tuesday, the second day of the festivities, reuniting with family and taking part in traditional activities.

YANGON: Floating dough balls, locally known as Mont Lone Yay Baw, are traditionally prepared during Myanmar's Thingyan ...

As Myanmar’s military regime stages “Thingyan” celebrations to manufacture a sense of normalcy, the rituals are being used to ...

Beijing seems reluctant to advertise its support for the new pseudo-civilian government in Naipyitaw—but extracts its pound of flesh from President Min Aung Hlaing just the same.

YANGON: On the eve of the traditional Myanmar Thingyan, the Naypyidaw Myanmar Ata Thingyan was held in accordance with ...

Bombs dropped by regime forces have killed at least one civilian—a 14-year-old girl—in Sagaing’s Yinmabin Township since ...

Like much else, the country’s normally raucous new year festivities have become a political battleground since the 2021 coup. Like most aspects of life in post-coup Myanmar, the traditional new year ...

People take part in celebrations of the Thingyan water festival in Yangon, Myanmar, April 13, 2024. Myanmar's vibrant Thingyan water festival kicked off on Saturday, with celebrations taking place ...

An anti-junta militant of the Karen National Union is starting his day, deep in the jungles of the Bago Yoma mountain range in central Myanmar, by gathering firewood and water for his battalion. As he ...

Nay Pyi Taw: Myanmar authorities have banned the sale of alcohol in Nay Pyi Taw during the annual Thingyan Water Festival which begins on Monday.The four-day Thingyan festival marks the beginning of ...