In recent years, an extremist movement has led to Buddhist lynch mobs killing hundreds of Muslims. Some monks have at times stood up to the military, which has ruled Myanmar for most of its post ...

The death toll from Friday’s magnitude 7.7 earthquake is more than 2,000 in Myanmar and Thailand. Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua via AP Share A west suburban Buddhist temple is leading a fundraising effort ...

Three days after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar the death toll has hit ... Cremation is a core tenet of the Buddhist faith, with adherents believing it frees the soul from ...

After reviewing the arrangements in place at ‘Parinirvana Stupa’, also known as Mahaparinirvana Temple ... Kushinagar and ...

Mandalay (Myanmar) (AFP) – The baby was born in the aftermath of Myanmar's earthquake and given to the flames of Buddhist funeral rites two days later, too young to have been named. The child's ...