Myanmar’s coup has exposed a schism in the monkhood, with some prominent clerics even giving the generals their blessing and others supporting the protesters ...

Exiled activist and Buddhist master U Pyinya Zawta and two of his companions led meditation and Q-and-A sessions on Tuesday as part of a three-part program to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the ...

UTICA, N.Y. (Reuters) - Burmese monks were beaten, jailed and killed while protesting Myanmar's military regime in 2007, and dozens found refuge in America. But now most have been forced to swap their ...

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 country’s ...

In Myanmar, the military has adeptly employed Buddhism as a tool for leveraging its political power. This practice can be described as “Saffron Washing,” a nod to the concept of “greenwashing,” where ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – A prominent Buddhist monk who was one of hundreds of political prisoners freed in Myanmar last month was released late Friday after being taken away before dawn by the ...

YANGON, Myanmar -- In helping others, Myanmar's saffron-robed Buddhist monks have helped themselves. The monks' critical role in providing relief after Cyclone Nargis has galvanized their ranks and ...

Buddhist monks in Burma staged a protest march on Wednesday, their first since soldiers crushed a pro-democracy uprising a month ago, as United Nations special envoy Ibrahim Gambari prepared for a ...

Buddhist monks from across Myanmar will gather today for talks about the religious violence that has shaken the country, after some of them were implicated in attacks on Muslims. Deadly unrest -- ...

For much of late September, the road to the eastern gateway of Rangoon’s revered Shwedagon pagoda was a sea of maroon and saffron robes, as hundreds of Buddhist monks gathered to march in protest ...