BAGAN, Myanmar — The staff members gathered in the museum gallery as the moment came for their loved one to be carried downstairs. The deputy director and other museum staff were crying. "It was," ...

also cut short a love story that had endured decades of political strife — a relationship that had been intertwined from the start with the ebbs and flows of Myanmar’s faltering democracy effort.

In the green tree canopies of forested areas in Myanmar, you might wake up to the sounds of skywalker gibbons singing love songs. Gibbons start their day with passionate duets. Though these love ...

The primate’s endearing love song helped scientists confirm what was formerly a strong hunch: Myanmar has the largest population of endangered Skywalker gibbons on Earth. When Star Wars-loving ...