Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture

Ultranationalist Myanmar Monk Group Declared Illegal by Top Buddhist Organization

August 7, 2019 by Thiha

Myanmar’s highest Buddhist body on Monday declared a hardline monk organization an illegal association and ordered the nationwide removal of all its signage, two weeks after its members blasted the civilian-led government at the group’s annual meeting, the country’s Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture said. The 47-member Sangha Maha Nayaka (Mahana), a government-appointed council […]

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What’s new, copycat?

March 8, 2018 by Thiha

Myanmar’s designers are pinning their hopes on a new copyright law That people wear reveals as much of their personality as the cultural traits of their country. Creators and designers are not only business people making clothes or accessories for a living, but artists embellishing and also chronicling the ways of their own societies. As […]

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Govt Plans to Relocate Hotels From Bagan Archeological Zone

November 21, 2017 by thiha

YANGON — Myanmar attempts to relocate controversial hotels in the archaeological site Bagan as it prepares the ancient city’s final nomination dossier to become a Unesco World Heritage Site. The temples of Bagan, dating from between the 9th and 13th centuries—when the Kingdom of Bagan ruled over much of lowland Burma—are considered Myanmar’s biggest tourist […]

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U Thein Tun picks Bagan as first hotel destination

September 27, 2017 by Thiha

MYANMAR businessman U Thein Tun extended his hospitality business portfolio to Bagan on September 21. The new hotel under the brand Bagan Star already has 81 rooms up and running. (U Thein Tun also owns Myanmar Consolidated Media, which publishes The Myanmar Times.) “Bagan is very attractive, with a great potential for the tourism industry […]

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Rangoon authorities place curbs on religious worship to avoid flare-up in sectarian violence

September 4, 2017 by thiha

Although the Rangoon regional government appears to have issued a directive last week to restrict communal worship in homes and other unauthorised venues, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture has said it will have no hand in enforcing the new rules. Aung San Win, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, […]