YANGON (Reuters) - Thousands of Buddhist monks marched in Myanmar's two biggest cities on Monday to protest against efforts by the world's biggest Islamic body to help Rohingya Muslims involved in ...

When tightly controlled societies open up, long-suppressed sectarian tensions can flare. That's been happening in Myanmar. And the twist is that... Are Buddhist Monks Involved In Myanmar's Violence?

A funeral cortege of the late monk Bhaddanta Munindarbhivamsa moves in a street in Bago, Myanmar, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Hundreds of people attended the funeral on Thursday of a senior monk who was ...

YANGON, Myanmar -- About 20,000 protesters led by Buddhist monks and nuns on Sunday mounted the largest anti-government protest in Myanmar since a failed 1988 democratic uprising, shouting support for ...

MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) – A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday _ one of them to a life term _ in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was ...

Soldiers of Myanmar's military junta shot and killed a senior Buddhist monk, claims a colleague of the murdered monk in a video circulating on social media. Sayadaw Bhaddanta Munindabhivamsa, the ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A local resistance group fighting against Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged responsibility for the killing last week of a Buddhist monk and his disciple in the country’s ...

Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka started a donation drive through temples on March 31 to help the survivors of the massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. Venerable Balapitiye Siri ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of people attended the funeral on Thursday of a senior monk who was fatally shot by soldiers in an incident that could undermine the cozy relationship that Myanmar’s military ...