Peter Popham speaks to a monk about the devastation the 7.7 magnitude tremor has wrought on the town of Mingun – a few miles ...

More than a week after the devastating earthquake in Myanmar, the stench of death still poisons the air in the northern Mingun town, a few miles from the epicentre. A Buddhist monk who goes by the ...

In the time since, the hope that felt tangible in Myanmar is gone. Dictatorship returned. Thousands from Rohingya Muslim ...

Mingun is known for the Mingun Pahtodawgyi, an immense, unfinished pagoda, and the giant bronze Mingun Bell from the early 19th century. Some 70 soldiers from the 33rd Light Infantry Division and ...

As one of several relics of Expo ’88 that were salvaged and endure as a reminder of the time Brisbane discovered 24 hour partying, the intricate carved Peace Pagoda stands in a rainforest grove at the ...

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