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2 killed as cyclone Remal ravages parts of India's West Bengal

STORY: 2 killed as cyclone Remal ravages parts of India's West Bengal SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: May 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team conducting rescue efforts 2. various of waterlogging in Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal STORYLINE: At least two people were killed and three others injured in India's eastern state of West Bengal in the aftermath of cyclone Remal, officials said Monday. The cyclonic storm left a trail of widespread damage and destruction to infrastructure and property across the state after making landfall between the coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh on Sunday night. According to officials, a 51-year-old man was killed when a wall collapsed on him due to the incessant downpour on Sunday evening at the Bibir Bagan area of Entally area of Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal. Likewise, an elderly woman was killed after a tree collapsed on he

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-SCENERY

(230505) -- BAGAN, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman drives a herd of cattle in the ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar, May 4, 2023. Bagan, an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in central Myanmar's Mandalay Region. With thousands of ancient Buddhist pagodas, temples and monasteries, the ancient city is one of the top tourist attractions in Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-SCENERY

(230505) -- BAGAN, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A pagoda is pictured in the ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar, May 4, 2023. Bagan, an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in central Myanmar's Mandalay Region. With thousands of ancient Buddhist pagodas, temples and monasteries, the ancient city is one of the top tourist attractions in Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-SCENERY

(230505) -- BAGAN, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A pagoda is pictured in the ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar, May 4, 2023. Bagan, an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in central Myanmar's Mandalay Region. With thousands of ancient Buddhist pagodas, temples and monasteries, the ancient city is one of the top tourist attractions in Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-SCENERY

(230505) -- BAGAN, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Dhamayangyi Temple in the ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar, May 4, 2023. Bagan, an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in central Myanmar's Mandalay Region. With thousands of ancient Buddhist pagodas, temples and monasteries, the ancient city is one of the top tourist attractions in Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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Myanmar extends smoking ban to 10 more sites in archaeological zone

STORY: Myanmar extends smoking ban to 10 more sites in archaeological zone DATELINE: June 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:36 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in Bagan STORYLINE: Myanmar has extended the smoking ban to 10 more areas in the Bagan-NyaungU Ancient Cultural Zone in NyaungU Township, Mandalay Region, the state-run newspaper the Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Friday. The media report said that the chairman and members of the NyaungU Township administration body inspected the tobacco smoke-free signboards, smoking areas, and non-smoking areas in NyaungU Township on May 29. The number of tobacco smoke-free areas in the Bagan-NyaungU Ancient Cultural Zone has now increased to 102 after the designation of 10 more sites as smoke-free areas, the report said. Myanmar initiated the designation of smoke-free areas in the Bagan-NyaungU archaeological zone in June 2019. The Bagan-NyaungU Ancient Cultural Zone, where over 3,000 ancient pagodas and religious edifice

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Myanmar town records highest single-day rainfall in 58 years

STORY: Myanmar town records highest single-day rainfall in 58 years DATELINE: May 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: BAGAN, Myanmar CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of raining in Bagan, Nyaung-U 2. various of flooded areas in Bagan STORYLINE: A town in central Myanmar experienced its heaviest single-day rainfall in 58 years on Saturday, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology. The Nyaung-U town in central Myanmar's Mandalay Region logged its heaviest rainfall in 58 years, with 161 mm recorded on Saturday, compared to the figure of 121 mm in May 2018, the weather bureau said. Cyclone Mocha hit the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday with winds of up to 130 mph (about 209 kph). The two towns of Chauk and Sinphyukyun in central Myanmar's Magway Region also experienced the heaviest single-day rainfall in 55 years and 50 years, respectively, on Sunday, according to the weather agency. Cyclone Mocha came after towns in Myanmar experienced record-high temperatures ami

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-SCENERY

(230505) -- BAGAN, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A pagoda is pictured in the ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar, May 4, 2023. Bagan, an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in central Myanmar's Mandalay Region. With thousands of ancient Buddhist pagodas, temples and monasteries, the ancient city is one of the top tourist attractions in Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-SCENERY

(230505) -- BAGAN, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Dhamayangyi Temple in the ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar, May 4, 2023. Bagan, an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in central Myanmar's Mandalay Region. With thousands of ancient Buddhist pagodas, temples and monasteries, the ancient city is one of the top tourist attractions in Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-SCENERY

(230505) -- BAGAN, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman drives a herd of cattle in the ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar, May 4, 2023. Bagan, an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in central Myanmar's Mandalay Region. With thousands of ancient Buddhist pagodas, temples and monasteries, the ancient city is one of the top tourist attractions in Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-SCENERY

(230505) -- BAGAN, May 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A pagoda is pictured in the ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar, May 4, 2023. Bagan, an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in central Myanmar's Mandalay Region. With thousands of ancient Buddhist pagodas, temples and monasteries, the ancient city is one of the top tourist attractions in Myanmar. (Photo by Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua)

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Myanmar to restore murals at pagodas of world heritage site

STORY: Myanmar to restore murals at pagodas of world heritage site DATELINE: April 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in Bagan STORYLINE: Myanmar will restore mural paintings at the pagodas in the ancient city of Bagan in Mandalay region, a world heritage site, according to the Department of Archaeology and National Museums. "We were restoring all the mural paintings in Bagan. By restoring like this, people of the next generation will be able to view the fine arts of the ancient period and take pride in Myanmar's cultural heritage," U Ar Kar Kyaw, director of the department, told Xinhua. The century-old murals can be seen at pagodas, temples and palaces of ancient kings in the ancient city of Bagan, he said. "To maintain and restore the murals, we also have to take technical assistance from experts of other countries," he said, adding that the countries giving technical assistance for restoring the cultural heritage in Bagan inclu

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Japan-ASEAN defense ministers' meeting

BAGAN, Myanmar - Japanese Defense Minister Akinori Eto meets his ASEAN counterparts in Bagan, central Myanmar, on Nov. 19, 2014. It was the first gathering of defense ministers from Japan and the 10-nation bloc.

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Japan-ASEAN defense ministers' meeting

BAGAN, Myanmar - Japanese Defense Minister Akinori Eto (C) poses for photos with his ASEAN counterparts in Bagan, central Myanmar, on Nov. 19, 2014. It was the first gathering of defense ministers from Japan and the 10-nation bloc.

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Market in Myanmar

BAGAN, Myanmar - Photo shows a market near Ananda Temple in Bagan, Myanmar, on Jan. 16, 2014.

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Suu Kyi on her long-awaited vacation

BAGAN, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi smiles, surrounded by supporters, in Bagan, Myanmar, on July 7, 2011. The Nobel Peace laureate was visiting the ancient temple complex on her first trip outside Yangon since being released last year from seven years of house arrest.

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Suu Kyi's 1st trip outside Yangon since release

BAGAN, Myanmar - Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (R) receives flowers from a woman in ethnic costume in Bagan, central Myanmar, on July 4, 2011. Suu Kyi made her first trip outside of Yangon since she was released from over seven years of house arrest the previous year.

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Voting begins in Pakistan referendum

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Voters have their identification checked at a poll station in Islamabad on April 30 as Pakistanis bagan casting ballots in a national referendum on whether President Pervez Musharraf should stay in power for five more years.

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-CHINA-WANG YI-VIETNAM-MEETING

(220705) -- BAGAN, July 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on the sidelines of the seventh Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Bagan, Myanmar, on July 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Dongqiang)

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-FM-CHINA-WANG YI-PRESS CONFERENCE

(220705) -- BAGAN, July 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin attend a joint press conference following the seventh Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Bagan, Myanmar, July 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Dongqiang)

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-LANCANG-MEKONG COOPERATION-MEETING

(220704) -- BAGAN, July 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin, Lao Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son attend the seventh Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Bagan, Myanmar, July 4, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Dongqiang)

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-CHINA-WANG YI-ZHOU ENLAI PAVILION-REOPENING

(220704) -- BAGAN, July 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (4th L), Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin (5th L) and other guests attend the reopening ceremony of the refurbished Zhou Enlai Pavilion in Bagan, Myanmar, on July 3, 2022. The pavilion was named after former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai who made a donation to the famous Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan during his visit to the cultural heritage site in 1961. (Xinhua/Zhang Dongqiang)

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-CHINA-WANG YI-CAMBODIA-MEETING

(220704) -- BAGAN, July 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn on the sidelines of the seventh Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Bagan, Myanmar, on July 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Dongqiang)

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-FM-CHINA-WANG YI-TALKS

(220704) -- BAGAN, July 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds talks with Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin on the sidelines of the seventh Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Bagan, Myanmar, on July 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Dongqiang)

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MYANMAR-BAGAN-CHINA-WANG YI-LAOS-MEETING

(220704) -- BAGAN, July 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Lao Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith on the sidelines of the seventh Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Bagan, Myanmar, on July 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Dongqiang)

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Traditional lacquerware workshops prosper in Myanmar tourist spot

Colorful lacquerware products are displayed in various sizes and shapes at a workshop in Bagan, a popular tourist spot in central Myanmar, on Nov. 20, 2014. Lacquerware makers in the area have flourished in recent years thanks to an increase in foreign tourists since the Southeast Asian country's transition to a civilian government in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional lacquerware workshops popular in Myanmar tourist spot

Maung Maung shows samples of colorful lacquerware in various sizes and shapes at his workshop in Bagan, a popular tourist spot in central Myanmar, on Nov. 20, 2014. Lacquerware makers in the area have flourished in recent years thanks to an increase in foreign tourists since the Southeast Asian country's transition to a civilian government in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional lacquerware workshops flourish in Myanmar tourist spot

An artisan carves decorations on lacquerware at a workshop in Bagan, a popular tourist spot in central Myanmar, on Nov. 20, 2014. Lacquerware makers in the area have flourished in recent years thanks to an increase in foreign tourists since the Southeast Asian country's transition to a civilian government in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asia snapshot: Young Myanmar carver uses centuries-old technique

A young woman demonstrates on June 1, 2015, how she carves delicate designs onto lacquerware, a traditional craftsmanship handed down over centuries in Myanmar's ancient city of Bagan. (Photo by Yukichika Murayama) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan helps Myanmar promote tourism industry

Yuki Shimotakahara (L) teaches customer service to restaurant employees in the historical city of Bagan, central Myanmar, on Aug. 27, 2015. She is a member of a team sent by the Japan International Cooperation Agency to help the Southeast Asian country develop its tourism sector. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan helps Myanmar develop tourism industry

Restaurant employees learn how to attend to customers in a seminar organized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency in the historical city of Bagan, central Myanmar, on Aug. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar's Bagan attracts foreigners as famed site of temple ruins

Foreign tourists visit Bagan, an ancient city in central Myanmar known as one of the three biggest sites of Buddhist-linked ruins in the world, as pictured on Aug. 27, 2015. Japan is assisting the promotion of tourism in Myanmar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big Buddhist temple ruins remain in Bagan

Photo taken on Aug. 27, 2015, shows sprawling Buddhist temple ruins in Bagan, central Myanmar, known as one of the world's three largest sites of Buddhist-related relics. Japan is assisting the promotion of tourism in Myanmar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suu Kyi on her long-awaited vacation

BAGAN, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi smiles, surrounded by supporters, in Bagan, Myanmar, on July 7, 2011. The Nobel Peace laureate was visiting the ancient temple complex on her first trip outside Yangon since being released last year from seven years of house arrest. (Kyodo)

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Suu Kyi's 1st trip outside Yangon since release

BAGAN, Myanmar - Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (R) receives flowers from a woman in ethnic costume in Bagan, central Myanmar, on July 4, 2011. Suu Kyi made her first trip outside of Yangon since she was released from over seven years of house arrest the previous year. (Kyodo)

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Japan-ASEAN defense ministers' meeting

BAGAN, Myanmar - Japanese Defense Minister Akinori Eto meets his ASEAN counterparts in Bagan, central Myanmar, on Nov. 19, 2014. It was the first gathering of defense ministers from Japan and the 10-nation bloc. (Kyodo)

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Ancient Myanmar city of Bagan

Photo taken July 24, 2018, shows a temple in the ancient city of Bagan, central Myanmar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ancient Myanmar city of Bagan

Tourists watch the sunset in the ancient city of Bagan, central Myanmar, on July 24, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Voting begins in Pakistan referendum

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Voters have their identification checked at a poll station in Islamabad on April 30 as Pakistanis bagan casting ballots in a national referendum on whether President Pervez Musharraf should stay in power for five more years.