What inspired you to write Buddhism, Politics and Political Thought in Myanmar? My interest in the subject began back in 2002, during my first trip to Myanmar. Along with a friend, I had signed up for ...

(CNN) — A Swiss national and 13 Myanmar citizens were arrested by the military junta on August 8 for working on a film authorities say harms Buddhist culture and tradition, state-funded media has ...

Buddhists accounted for about 4.1% of the global population in 2020, according to the Pew Research Center. Between 2010 and 2020, the global Buddhist population declined by roughly 5%, from around 343 ...

In the case of Myanmar, a Buddhist-majority country, the attacks are fueled by a radical form of Buddhist nationalism. "In popular culture and many academic works, Buddhists are not known as violent ...

For Myanmar’s junta, Wirathu’s support underscores the enduring role of religious institutions as a source of legitimacy in the Buddhist-majority nation.

In this photo taken on May 25, 2017, Buddhist monk novices hold their alms bowls before dawn as they line up before heading out into Bagan, Myanmar, to collect daily alms from devotees. In a whisper, ...