There are many ethnic groups that come from Burma (now Myanmar) and there is only one Burmese ethnic group. These distinct communities have a combined Minnesota population of over a thousand now, with ...

Classic Burmese laphet yay tea is a mix of evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and black tea. Pulling low wooden stools out from under a short square table, a group of longyi-clad men sits down ...

TAUNGOO, Myanmar – From the age of 5, when she entered a government school in Myanmar, Stella Naw learned about the triumphs of Burman kings and heroes, recited Burman poems and performed Burman ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Supporters and opponents of Myanmar’s military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, but a celebration Wednesday feted something almost all find worthy: the use of thanakha, ...

For the entire 15 years that Charmaine Craig was writing “Miss Burma,” tensions seethed between the Burmese majority and the ethnic minorities that make up Myanmar. It is a dark coincidence that as ...

Tea is certainly a beverage. But when you are in Kolkata, Tea becomes an emotion, rather a way of life. Take it as a conversation starter or a sip to lift up your mood in the afternoon, tea all across ...

YANGON: The National Defence and Security Council established the Committee to Legally Prohibit and Take Action Against Fake ...

Pulling low wooden stools out from under a short square table, a group of longyi-clad men sits down at an open-air tea shop in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. One man makes a kiss-kiss noise and calls out ...

Myanmar's tea shops have long been central as public spaces to meet and talk, especially during the military regime. But with the country's... Pulling low wooden stools out from under a short square ...