A deadly earthquake on March 28 collapsed buildings in central Myanmar but rumours that the country's most sacred Buddhist ...

The structure is covered in gold plates and topped with a crown containing 4,531 diamonds, including one that weighs 72 ...

Myanmar is trying to come to terms with the scale of the disaster after an earthquake damaged not only large parts of the country, but also destroyed historic sites, delivering a blow to its spiritual ...

The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar is thought to contain between six and 60 tonnes of gold, according to Fodor's Travel Guide. The reason the exact figure is unknown is because gold has been ...