Teak is one of the most valuable hardwoods, used in yachts, home flooring, doors, window frames and furniture. Myanmar is the biggest producer of the wood, even though its natural forests are ...

That said, if you're willing to strain your wallet a bit, you may not have to replace your furniture for years to come. Teak wood's high prices are also a product of political unrest, with South Asian ...

The demand for locally crafted teak wood cabinets in Myanmar has surged due to the country's rich history of woodworking craftsmanship.

According to Justice for Myanmar, U.S. companies imported nearly 1,600 metric tons of teak between February and December of last year. China’s One Belt, One Road project is already having very ...

To be sure, folk art and handicrafts have flourished in the villages, while tapestries, textiles, richly embroidered garments, and carved and gilded furniture ... first came to Burma from northern ...

To people who come to Burma for the first time there are two things about the status of our women that seem to impress them with particular force. My foreign friends have often told me that they ...

There are a few reasons why teak furniture has been a popular choice for outdoor products as far back as the Middle Ages, though it really took off for design purposes once the Dutch started using ...

But that didn’t stop Mumbai-based architect Rooshad Shroff from doing a furniture line with the Vadodara-based artist. “Isn’t that a woman peeing,” I ask surprised to see the image on a gorgeous Burma ...

According to Justice for Myanmar, U.S. companies imported nearly 1,600 metric tons of teak between February and December of last year. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the U.S. will ...

the combined area of natural teak forest was about 29 million hectares, and almost half of which is in Myanmar. It said the natural teak forests declined by 385,000 hectares globally between 1992 ...

The Rohingya were once counted as a part of the Mrauk-U (Mrohaung) kingdom in Arakan which stood independent of both the Burman kingdoms in the Irrawaddy delta and central Burma as well as Bengal ...

Track the progress of the Burma Campaign - from the rapid Japanese victories of 1941, to the desperate battles for the Indian towns of Kohima and Imphal. Then follow the course of the Allies as ...