In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: “What’s our spirit like?” “The spirit of iron!” shout a group of rifle-bearing men ...

Burma is a long-forgotten battleground for religious freedom and human rights in Asia, and its turmoil is part of a broader struggle in the region.

The attacks targeted three monasteries in two villages under resistance control in eastern Bago’s Nyaunglebin Township ...

Some of these residences, like the Meteora Monasteries in Greece and Popa Taung Kalat in Myanmar, were built at ... Hanging Temple in China and Sumela Monastery in Turkey, virtually hover in ...

Two hours later, the village of Wathondara, near the border between Madaya and Patheingyi townships, was hit by five ...