The military-led government of Burma showcased a colossal statue of a sitting Buddha on Friday, set to be consecrated on August 1st, serving as a symbol of nationalism.

Laborers work while visitors stand below the sitting Maravijaya Buddha marble statue, Friday, July 21, 2023, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. The Maravijaya Buddha statue is said to be the world’s highest ...

After more than three years of construction, the country is preparing to unveil a giant sitting marble statue of Lord Buddha in its capital Naypyidaw on Aug 1, the Information Team of Myanmar’s ...

He also had a 11.5-metre-high (37.7 feet) sitting marble Buddha statue built in Yangon in 2001. Thein Sein, the general-turned-president who headed a semi-democratic military-backed government, ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The military-controlled government of strife-torn Myanmar on Friday showed off a new giant statue of a sitting Buddha that is scheduled to be consecrated on Aug. 1, a powerful ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The military-controlled government of strife-torn Myanmar on Friday showed off a new giant statue of a sitting Buddha that is scheduled to be consecrated on Aug. 1.