Nation marks Buddha's birthday

World's greatest luxury, you will agree, is peace of mind. And destinations that offer this luxury are touted as the best hotspots with good reason. Armed with this cue, ET-Travel went trotting this season to enjoy an expanse of varied landscape ...

By Akbar Ahmed and Harrison Akins "When you leave a seed from a tree to grow in a pagoda, it seems so small at first. But you know you must cut it out before it grows and destroys the building." These spoken words are a metaphor for the destruction ...

A group of peace activists last week left Mandalay for Laiza in Kachin State by car with a Buddha image and Christian cross made from bullets fired in the Kachin conflict. Pic: U Win Cho decorates the Cross before wandering in Mandalay About 10 ...

YANGON, Myanmar — On the first morning we set out into Myanmar to discover how the country is changing, we went to one of the places in Yangon that for centuries has largely stayed the same: Shwedagon Pagoda. The 368-foot gold structure predates ...

In an excerpt from her new memoir, Edna OBrien returns to Ireland to build a house in which she hopes to avail of the peace that passeth understanding, only to find that even the best laid plans can go awry. Donegal It was to Donegal, in the ...

To offer citizens a friendlier environment where life is highly valued and people can live at peace, a press conference hosted by the Department of Health (DOH) was held today at the Taipei Railway Station, with Premier Jiang Yi-huah and DOH ...

EMAIL PRINT SHARE Font Size A A A Work on casting of three bells, which will be presented to three pagodas on Truong Sa archipelago, started on May 23 at Bai Dinh pagoda, in the northern province of Ninh Binh. The three-bronze bells are 126cm ...

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PRESIDENT GETS PEACE PRIZE! FPTP OR PR? DEBATE GETS HOTTER! EU LIFT OF SANCTIONS CONDEMNED! AMNESTY TO CELEBRATE PEACE PRIZE? Cartoon Tips for late Picasso! Were you sending the same message? Think Piece President Thein Sein is sincere in trying to ...