Testimony cited in The Hague shows how influential monks abandoned compassion to serve power and impunity, offering religious cover for the military’s violence.

Sitagu Sayadaw says his 2017 sermon to army officers likening non-Buddhists to animals was taken directly from scripture and ...

For Myanmar’s junta, Wirathu’s support underscores the enduring role of religious institutions as a source of legitimacy in the Buddhist-majority nation.

An ultra-nationalist Myanmar monk was released from prison on Friday after serving time for inciting unrest in an anti-Rohingya protest in 2016, a rare punishment handed to one of the countrys ...

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(Reuters) - A Myanmar court has sentenced a doctor to 21 months in jail after convicting him of insulting Buddhist monks in connection with a debate about a proposal to teach sex education in schools.

In addition to the novice monk and four others killed in the air raid, another novice monk has gone missing and 14 people ...

Myanmar nationalists and monks attend a rally to show support for Myanmar's representatives and condemn on the charges of ...

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

Buddhist monks walking from Texas to Washington to promote peace have become a surprise popular hit as they near the US capital -- attracting crowds of thousands who line the ...