The Shwedagon Pagoda is the most sacred site in Burma. Its origins can be traced back to the first millennium, when a king was inspired by a legend involving eight strands of Buddha's hair.

YANGON: The Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as the Golden Pagoda in Myanmar, attracted over 3.5 million visitors in the first six months of this year, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda ...

In her first speech at Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda, she called the political uprising of that year “the second independence struggle.” She was only 43 at the time. From then on, she faced not only ...