BANGKOK — The prejudice and hostility that Rohingya Muslims face in Myanmar stretch beyond the country’s notoriously brutal security forces to a general population receptive to an often-virulent form ...

In the case of Myanmar, a Buddhist-majority country, the attacks are fueled by a radical form of Buddhist nationalism. While most of the world's Buddhists would never condone such extremism, violence ...

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 ...

A two-week Chinese Buddhist Pictures Display, namely "Homage to the Buddha" took place at Myanmar's famous Shewdagon Pagoda in Yangon on Monday to enhance ties between the two countries' Buddhist ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANGKOK (AP) — A Swiss citizen was arrested ...

MANDALAY, Myanmar As the sun began to set behind the hills on the far side of Mandalay, the valley below turned a dusty red. The small trash fires burning constantly along the roadsides contributed to ...

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 ...

MANDALAY, Myanmar (Reuters) - The city of Mandalay in northern Myanmar is a Buddhist religious centre so crowded with temples, monasteries and monks that they can sometimes seem innumerable. Much ...

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An exhibition of Buddhist art from Myanmar will make its debut in Korea on Nov. 19 to mark the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)-ROK (Republic of Korea) Commemorative Summit and the ...

Myanmar’s minority Muslim population, the Rohingya, are fleeing into Bangladesh by the thousands. The United Nations estimates that approximately 370,000 of approximately 1.1 million Rohingya have ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The prejudice and hostility that Rohingya Muslims face stretches back to an often virulent form of Buddhist nationalism that has seen a resurgence since the end of military rule in ...