Writing as "Minthuwun," he has also become a leading poet; he well deserves the high tribute which Gordon Luce, the inspired interpreter of Burmese culture, has paid him: Minthuwun is a son of the ...

One of the most important events in the history of Burmese music—and all Burmese culture for that matter— was the second conquest of Siam by King Hsinbyushin in 1767. It is pleasant to think ...

If Myanmar's people drive Gen. Min Aung Hlaing and his brutal military regime from power, as they seem about to do, the first ...

Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) - February 12, 2025 The Myanmar Cultural Heritage Trust (MCHT) organized a show this Wednesday in Rangoon as part of the movement to have the traditional Thanakha of Burma ...

and diverse Myanmar cuisine. "If we emulate such cultural displays (of China), we can effectively showcase and promote our own culture," Daw Sanda Khin, a former official at the Ministry of ...

The recent ‘A Sound for Myanmar’ event in Brussels organized by the EU’s Myanmar office was tone deaf and squandered funds that would have been better spent elsewhere.

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Hnin had moved there from Melbourne in 2015 and opened Father's Office, the first female-run pub in the city, inspired by Australia's pub culture. Myanmar had been enjoying an economic boom after ...