The ceremony in Chaiyaphum province, just over five hours’ drive from Bangkok, is part of a growing movement in Thailand where “forest monks” are linking Buddhist practice with environmental activism.

The United Nations on Friday said escalating conflict and targeted violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state have forced some 150,000 Rohingya refugees to flee to Bangladesh over the past 18 months – ...

Over 150 civilians were taking shelter in the monastery when the airstrike occurred around 1 a.m. The death toll includes ...

An airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in the central Sagaing region of Myanmar killed at least 23 people who were taking shelter in the compound, sources said on Friday. The overnight aerial attack on ...

An overnight airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region has killed at least 23 people, including ...

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, triggering a civil war.

An airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar's Sagaing region killed at least 23 civilians, including children, and left ...

An airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar's central Sagaing region has killed at least 23 people who were taking ...

Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh) may go for a nationwide election in the next few months, where the military ...

Incantations ring out at Mongolia's largest monastery as worshippers pray alongside pictures of the Dalai Lama, whose 90th ...

Over the decades, various methods have been used or proposed by pro-democracy forces to end military rule, but none has proven sufficient on its own.

The junta’s jury-rigged “peace forum” with a handful of regime-aligned or noncommittal groups is solely aimed at gaining ...