I went because: You hear horrible things about some places and wonder what is really true, but when I get to North Korea, Iran, etc., I always find nice people. Don't miss: Bagan. You must go - 2,800 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As I rise from the ground in the basket of a hot-air balloon, dawn is breaking and the first of hundreds of ancient temples comes into view. Through the ...

Two young boys take in the view at Mt Kyaitkyo, the site of Burma’s sacred Golden Rock. Legend has it the colossal boulder balances on the hair of the Buddha Two young boys take in the view at Mt ...

Just hours after the devastating earthquake that hit central Italy this past Wednesday another powerful, unrelated, quake devastated central Myanmar, causing at least four deaths and damaging nearly ...

BAGAN, Myanmar – It was a time of conquest and conversions. Above all, it was a time of construction, on a scale never seen before. Over 250 years, from the 11th century onwards, the rulers of Bagan ...

YANGON, July 6 (Reuters) - UNESCO inscribed Myanmar’s ancient capital of Bagan as a World Heritage Site on Saturday, nearly a quarter of a century after the complex of Buddhist temples was first ...

BAGAN, Myanmar - The moment of takeoff was silent and mesmerizing. Within seconds, our hot-air balloon was floating above the treetops, gliding toward what Marco Polo called "one of the finest sights ...

MANDALAY – Restoring ancient temples has its own politics. The Indians found this out through their restoration work at Angkor Wat in northwest Cambodia, which they initiated in the 1980s, motivated ...

BAGAN, Myanmar — The moment of takeoff was silent, and mesmerizing. Within seconds, our hot-air balloon was floating above the treetops, gliding toward what Marco Polo called “one of the finest sights ...

A squad of armed police patrol Myanmar's sacred site of Bagan under the cover of night, taking on plunderers snatching relics from temples forsaken by tourists due to coronavirus restrictions. Each ...

BAGAN, Myanmar (CBS / AP) -- It was a time of conquest and conversions. Above all, it was a time of construction, on a scale never seen before. Over 250 years, from the 11th century onwards, the ...