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 ...

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 ...

A ship carrying 2,300 tonnes of food, medicine and other emergency supplies arrives in Myanmar's Yangon region days after a ...

YANGON, Myanmar -- Thousands of Buddhist monks and pro-democracy activists marched toward the center of Yangon on Wednesday in defiance of the military government's ban on public assembly. The march ...

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's hardline monks will dodge bans on Facebook and keep using it to "tell the truth", they said on Friday, after the social media giant barred several Buddhist nationalists ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's military government issued a threat Monday to the barefoot Buddhist monks who led 100,000 people marching in the strongest protests against the repressive regime in two ...

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 -- ...

YANGON, Myanmar – Tens of thousands of Buddhist monks defied orders from the military junta to stay out of politics, relaunching mass protests today in the country’s two biggest cities. The monks, ...

YANGON (Reuters) - Buddhist monks were allowed to march past police barricades to the home of detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday as street protests intensified against the ...

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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – More than 100 monks in Myanmar demonstrated Friday at Bangladesh’s embassy to protest recent attacks against Buddhist temples and homes in Myanmar’s South Asian neighbor. The ...