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Acting President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and SSPC Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing offers Sithu title and insignia to Kengying Sayadaw of Kengtung
19 Jan 2026 22:33 GMT
… Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Chairman of the State … of Sasana Weponla Pariyatti Buddhism Learning Centre of Kengtung … title recipient Sayadaw established Peinsan Buddhism Learning Centre in Mongping, … and renovation of Hnee Buddha Image in Mongkhat as …
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Commentary: Why Burma’s Christians need the world to act now
19 Jan 2026 19:25 GMT
… suffering of Christians in Myanmar (Burma), where faith itself has … sponsored violence.
Since the Burmese military overthrew the country … Sept. 17, 2025, Burmese military fighter jets bombed and … including a pastor.
Even Buddhist communities have not been …
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Gambia taking Myanmar to ICJ on Rohingya issue. Why India must be cautious
19 Jan 2026 07:34 GMT
… Law defines belonging in Myanmar through ethnicity rather than … with proceedings beginning against Myanmar through the International Court … largely controlled by the Buddhist Arakan Army will not … on the Bangladesh Myanmar border. The Myanmar Military will also …
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Acting President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and SSPC Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing visits magnificent religious monuments in Kengtung, Shan State (East)
19 Jan 2026 06:05 GMT
… Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Chairman of the State … in the precinct of the Buddha Park in Kengtung yesterday.
… the precinct of Buddha Park and Mahamuni Buddha Image, the magnificence … magnificent venues of the Lord Buddha as birthplace, venues for …
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Author of ‘Breaking the Cycle’ novel explains his reasons for delving into the Myanmar crisis
19 Jan 2026 04:42 GMT
… mind, in 1942 Burma and in modern Myanmar, about a secret … the sacred relics of the Buddha.
And then came 2021. … , my own passion for Burma began watching Beyond Rangoon as … that Myanmar’s future could genuinely be different.
Contemporary Burmese history …
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The Robe and the Sword review: How Asia's non-violent Buddhist monks became extremists
18 Jan 2026 05:22 GMT
… religious camaraderie, Sinhala Buddhists and Tamil Hindus visiting … political divide between Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus widened. … dissident monk protesting Buddhist extremism in Myanmar, now lives … of the 969 Buddhist movement in Myanmar, used the …
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‘Shadow observers’: India’s calculated ambiguity in Myanmar’s elections
18 Jan 2026 01:12 GMT
… amidst the military pageantry of Myanmar’s first general election … ’s current strategic posture towards Myanmar: a policy of “calculated … rights of the Myanmar people.
Ensuring the Myanmar military does not … goodwill in Myanmar as the land of the Buddha and a …
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Statement by American author Mr Rick Heizman on the hearing between The Gambia and Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
17 Jan 2026 10:41 GMT
… that land break off from Myanmar and become an autonomous … no genocidal intent. If the Burmese army, Tatmadaw, wanted to … taking over from the Buddhist and the Buddhists have no future here … Another subject is that in Myanmar, there are other Muslim groups …
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Myanmar denies 'genocidal intent' against Rohingya people
17 Jan 2026 08:24 GMT
… breaching the Genocide Convention.
Myanmar launched the campaign in … starve to death.
Buddhist-majority Myanmar has long considered the … in 2019, denying that Myanmar armed forces committed genocide … is holding national elections.Myanmar contested the court…
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Deadly military action against Rohingyas not genocide, claims Myanmar
16 Jan 2026 17:03 GMT
… the Associated Press reported.
Myanmar launched the campaign in … into neighboring Bangladesh.
“Myanmar was not obliged to … erase their existence in Myanmar.”
Hlaing disputed the evidence … starve to death.
Buddhist-majority Myanmar has long considered the …