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Buddhist monks and other people take part in a protest to demand the revocation of the right of holders of temporary identification cards to vote in Rangoon, Burma, on Feb. 11, 2015 Soe Zela Tun ...
Buddhist monks in Thailand fail drug tests, leaving temple empty Thai police have arrested a Buddhist monk over allegations he embezzled more than $9 million from the prominent temple he ran which ...
Buddhist monks of the Dhammakaya sect sit anticipating police raid outside the Dhammakaya sect temple in Pathum Thani, north of Bangkok, Thailand. Four Thai Buddhist monks have been sent to rehab ...
Buddhist blood is boiling in Burma, also known as Myanmar — and plenty of Muslim blood is being spilled. Over the past year, Buddhist mobs have targeted members of the minority faith.
Even by the standards of Burma’s Rakhine State, which has seen its share of tragedy, the violence of the past two weeks has been staggering. Militants from the stateless Rohingya Muslim minority ...
It’s a bad abbot. Four Buddhist monks in Thailand have been shipped off to rehab after they all tested positive for meth. The holy men — including the temple’s abbot, or head monk — failed ...
RANGOON, Burma — More than 10,000 Buddhist monks and nuns rallied recently to celebrate Burma's restrictive new race and religion laws, packing themselves into an indoor soccer stadium to cheer ...
Thai police have arrested a Buddhist monk over allegations he embezzled more than $9 million from the prominent temple he ran which was funded by donations from devotees. Investigators from the ...