Armed police secure the compound of Ekayana Buddhist Centre in Jakarta in the early morning of Aug. 5, 2013, hours after a bombing attack hit the temple in the evening of Aug. 4ROMEO GACAD / AFP / ...

OSAKA--A Buddhist monk from Myanmar who was a leader of the Saffron Revolution urged the Japanese government to sever ties ...

The military’s seizure of power in Myanmar and the detention of head of government Aung San Suu Kyi is far from the first time generals in the country have interfered in national politics. Myanmar’s ...

Amid the ongoing civil war and turmoil in Burma, also known as Myanmar, the military-controlled government proudly unveiled a new massive sitting Buddha statue on Friday. The statue, scheduled to be ...

An American Buddhist Anarchist wrote an article about how Buddhism can be appropriated by anarchist views. The tagline of the website "No Selves No Masters" says "If Buddhism is to possess social ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Brightly dressed boys and girls mounted on horses and carts, accompanied by their guardians, make their way to a Buddhist monastery in southern Myanmar, as they prepare to enter ...

THIS year Buddhists who believe that 1956 is the 2500th anniversary of Buddha’s death are celebrating it, the group including those from India, Nepal, Burma, China, Japan, and two Himalayan ...

The government-affiliated Myanma Alinn newspaper reported Saturday that Myanmar’s military junta took 13 Myanmar citizens, including a 12-year-old girl, and a Swiss national into custody over their ...

MEIKTILA, Myanmar (Reuters) - When religious violence erupted in Meiktila in central Myanmar two years ago, local politician Win Htein spoke up for the minority Muslims who bore its deadly brunt. Many ...

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INN DIN, Myanmar (Reuters) - Bound together, the 10 Rohingya captives watched their Buddhist neighbors dig a grave. Soon afterwards, on the morning of Sept. 2, all 10 lay dead. At least two were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A General view of the site of a building that collapses following an earthquake in Bangkok. Rescuers found no survivors in the ...