In Myanmar, when the military has a hard time conscripting enough residents into their ranks, they turn to monks for help.

Sayadaw Bhaddanta Munindabhivamsa, 78, was a prominent teacher and author on Buddhism who headed a monastery that had publicly opposed the military's 2021 coup ...

(Bloomberg) -- Myanmar’s junta leader Min Aung Hlaing made a rare apology to a prominent Buddhist monastery after its abbot was killed by security forces last week, a development that could trigger ...

Myanmar’s military regime has ordered an investigation into the death of a senior monk after video evidence was produced online, which contradicted earlier claims he was caught in the crossfire of a ...

Myanmar’s military on Thursday nominally transferred power to a civilian-led interim government ahead of a planned election, with the junta chief remaining in charge of the war-torn country in his ...

Anglican bishops in eastern Myanmar have urged Christians to show restraint in responding the construction of a pagoda on church property by an influential Buddhist monk. The monk, Myaingyikhu Sayadaw ...

At least 40 people were killed and around 80 others were injured in a paramotor attack on a festival and protest in central Myanmar on Monday, a spokesperson for the exiled National Unity Government ...

Thousands of mourners on Thursday attended the funeral of a popular Buddhist abbot shot dead by Myanmar security forces in an incident that drew a rare apology from the junta. Sayadaw Bhaddanta ...