The "Thingyan" festival typically celebrates Myanmar's new year with water-splashing rituals ... some UN operations in Myanmar. The World Food Programme says it is being forced to cut off one ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to around 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday, but it wasn ...

Thousands marked the start of Myanmar's water festival on Sunday in the ruins of last month's earthquake, with the country's ...