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Myanmar Junta Pushes Ahead With Thingyan Festival as Quake Toll Soars
Regime green-lights muted traditional New Year celebrations, apparently reluctant to miss rare opportunity for propaganda.
Myanmar junta fires warning shots at aid convoy as groups seek access to earthquake victims
Myanmar's military junta fired warning shots at a Chinese Red Cross aid convoy in a conflict zone, revealing challenges in ...
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The devastating Myanmar earthquake, and more from around the world
Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past ...
‘It Was Terrifying’ - Children Prepare To Spend Myanmar New Year Festival In Shelters Following Earthquake
The earthquake happened ahead of Myanmar’s New Year celebration, a traditional water festival known as ‘Thingyan’, which normally occurs in mid-April and is a time of festivity for four to five days, ...
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Unesco inscribes Myanmar's Thingyan festival on intangible cultural heritage list
YANGON (Xinhua): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has inscribed Myanmar traditional New Year Ata Thingyan festival on the Representative List of the ...