Myanmar actor and model Paing Takhon, who rose to international fame as “Myanmar’s hottest monk,” announced on Instagram that ...

A Vietnamese Buddhist monk on a barefoot pilgrimage from his homeland to India has given up on his attempt to walk across ...

In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: “What’s our spirit like?” “The spirit of iron!” shout a group of rifle-bearing men ...

In August and September 2007, Burmese democracy activists, monks and ordinary people took to the streets of Rangoon and elsewhere to peacefully challenge nearly two decades of dictatorial rule and ...

As Burmese astrology had its origins in Hindu ... the king had no choice but to resort to religious persecution. The Ari monks were unfrocked, and made to serve in the royal armies.

Moreover, feeding the monks gives full scope for the great love all we Burmese have for giving away or spending our resources—we are not a people who save or hoard—the importance that we ...

A popular Vietnamese monk and his companions have headed to Malaysia from Thailand after they failed to enter war-torn ...

BANGKOK--Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on two villages in the country’s north-central region this week killed nearly a dozen civilians, including a Buddhist monk and a child, according to ...

ABMA: All Burma Monks Alliance, an umbrella organization of four independent monk organizations that played a leading role in organizing the September protests. IB: Infantry Battalion. GTI ...

Photo courtesy of Paing's Instagram In 2021, Paing was called "Myanmar’s hottest monk" after images of him in monk robes, showcasing his clean-shaven look and muscular physique, went viral.The ...