What inspired you to write Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar? My interest in the subject began back in 2002, during my first trip to Myanmar. Along with a friend, I had signed up for ...

(CNN) — A Swiss national and 13 Myanmar citizens were arrested by the military junta on August 8 for working on a film authorities say harms Buddhist culture and tradition, state-funded media has ...

The Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya, known as the site where Siddhartha Gautama (Gautama Buddha) attained enlightenment, is one ...

BANGKOKBANGKOK — The military-controlled government of strife-torn Myanmar on Friday showed off a new giant statue of a sitting Buddha that is scheduled to be consecrated on Aug. 1, a powerful symbol ...

Authored by - Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow, Gateway House, former ambassador to Myanmar and author, India-Myanmar ...

Interreligious gathering of prayer for peace ceremony, October 2017. EPA-EFE There is a desperate humanitarian crisis underway in Myanmar, centring around the Rohingya Muslims. There is what has been ...

This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. It features a summary of a year-long research on media ecosystems from Myanmar and what we can expect in 2023.

BANGKOK – The military-controlled government of strife-torn Myanmar on Friday showed off a new giant statue of a sitting Buddha that is scheduled to be consecrated on Aug. 1, a powerful symbol of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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) — The military-controlled ...