Since then, Myanmar’s smartphone revolution has unfurled swiftly with inexpensive cellphones and data charges. Once the world’s least-connected country, it now has more SIM cards than its 54 ...

Both the longyi and thanaka seem well-suited for the low altitude area of the country, where even in January, the coldest month, the temperature averages 25 degrees Celsius.

longyi: lower garment of Burmese dress for both sexes; it is wrapped around like a skirt or sarong. mahadevi: wife of a sawbwa, a Shan chief. Mara: in Buddhism, the spirit of evil; the tempter.

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 "opening" to Western influence, their prominence is fading.

I'm a self-confessed longyi lover, at last count possessing 32 of these eminently practical and affordable, ... Myanmar's longyi -- love it or leave it? DENIS D. GRAY.

Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court on Friday wearing a white top and a brown wraparound longyi that is the typical uniform for prisoners in the Southeast Asian country, a ...

Aye-Kay, my Myanmar guide’s mouth opened wider into some kind of cross between a smile and a yawn. “Ah, toddy. Toddy wine. Palm juice.” ... and a classic black and white longyi.