Sunrises dazzle in the morning river fog. Sunsets do the same when filtered through smoke rising from the burning stubble of rice fields. You find pleasant splashes of color everywhere during a voyage ...

BANGKOK, Thailand — Myanmar’s military government appears to be considering reviving a massive China-backed hydroelectric dam project, work on which was suspended more than a decade ago after protests ...

In its heyday in the 1920s, the fabled Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. transported millions of passengers each year along the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar (formerly Burma) with a fleet of more than 600 vessels.

The Myanmar government has expanded the Irrawaddy Dolphin Protected Area, initially spanning 74 kilometers (46 miles) of the Irrawaddy River, to include a 100-kilometer (62-mile) stretch of the river.

A controversial China-funded dam project in Myanmar must be stopped, said Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, noting that the affected river is the country's most sacred symbol. The Irrawaddy River ...

Myanmar makes many headlines these days. While most of the focus has been on the Rohingya issue, the country is also heading towards an important economic and livelihood crisis. Myanmar was once ...

Six days after cyclone Nargis tore through Burma, Mya Hen wandered the banks of the Irrawaddy River, searching for firewood. As he picked up kindling scraps, he barely glanced at a pair of bloated ...

Announcer: Welcome to "Joseph Rosendo's Travelscope," where you join us as we accept the world's invitation to visit. Ha ha ha! Rosendo: Today on "Travelscope," I cruise through Myanmar, the land of ...

NYAUNG CHAY HTOUNT was the fifth village we visited on our 10-day cruise of the upper Irrawaddy River in northern Myanmar. Like the others at which we’d stopped, this encampment stretched along a bank ...