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Two weeks after an earthquake hit Myanmar, the military junta is directing aid to the centres it controls while bombing areas held by resistance forces.
Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar's devastating March 28 earthquake are winding down, as rescue efforts get ...
were killed by Buddhist mobs in Rakhine State, western Myanmar between August 25 and September 24, according to by Doctors Without Borders aka Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). The MSF figures released ...
Dismissing unilateral truces announced by resistance groups to facilitate disaster relief, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing vowed ...
one of Myanmar’s most revered Buddhist sites. The pagoda houses a giant bronze statue, which was carried off from the historical Rakhine Kingdom as war bounty in the 18th century. Some of the gilded ...
They live mostly in Rakhine state, where they have co-existed uneasily alongside Buddhists for decades. Rohingya people say they are descendants of Muslims, perhaps Persian and Arab traders ...
YANGON, Myanmar (AA) A mob of around 300 Rakhine Buddhists have attempted to destroy a ship carrying aid for displaced people in western Rakhine state, Myanmar government said on Thursday. The riot ...
A Buddhist monk strikes the Min Kun Bell in Min Kun, Sagaing Township in the region of the same name in February 2015 (Photo: EPA) Fighting has forced more than 1,000 Buddhist monks and nuns to flee ...
This comedy-drama series, which critiques wealthy tourists, focuses one plotline on foreigners who arrive in Thailand with an interest in engaging with its Buddhist traditions. It depicts a young ...
Ayas fled Myanmar in 2017 when its military, along with Buddhist militias ... a foothold in Myanmar and now controls almost all of Rakhine State. The AA claims its objective is to achieve greater ...
The 1,300-year-old Gounsa temple in Uiseong County, a major Buddhist landmark, was among the dozens of buildings that have burned to the ground with its ceremonial bell the only piece appearing ...