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The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 2.5 million visitors in the first four ...
In a nation rocked by centuries of devastating earthquakes, none comes close to the death and devastation unleashed a month ...
YANGON: Myanmar attracted US$690.19 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the fiscal year 2024-25, according to ...
It was the first time in my life I took part in open political discussions, attended meetings and we students gathered ...
Spring has officially arrived, and Japan’s iconic cherry blossoms, or sakura, are beginning to bloom across the country! As of April 24, 2025, the cherry blossom season has finished in western and ...
A six legged robotic dog developed by Lenovo inspects Yingxian Wooden Pagoda in North's China's Shanxi Province in April, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of Lenovo A six-legged robotic dog has joined ...
Foreign correspondents appreciated the Pink City, but ended up painting India as a land of mystics and snake charmers.
Xie Lao Song Restaurant (蟹老宋), a Pagoda Street Chinese eatery which went viral for putting up signs threatening a 104 per cent surcharge on American diners, now claims to 8days.sg that they were not ...
From the street, I paid homage to the temple, a cultural landmark of Mandalay treasured by many and regarded as Myanmar’s second most famous pagoda after the Shwedagon Pagoda. As I left the area, I ...
Meanwhile, Xie Lao Song on Pagoda Street appears to have chosen to strike back, so to speak. A TikTok video from @sgwhatsup highlighting the surcharge was posted on Thursday (April 10), and it has ...
“We also went by the Shwedagon Pagoda—the oldest Buddhist temple in the world,” he said on Facebook at the time. “Seeing so many people praying to lifeless statues was a heartbreaking reminder of the ...