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The people of Myanmar have often turned to the clergy for aid during natural disasters. But last month’s earthquake was also ...
Covered in dust and resembling a Buddhist statue, the face of a dead monk emerges from the rubble of a religious examination ...
With over 72 hours passed since the search for survivors began, the hope of finding missing family members is fading away.
First they faced bombing during Myanmar’s civil war. Then came the devastating earthquake - Peter Popham speaks to a monk ...
MANDALAY, Myanmar — Hundreds of patients, including babies, the elderly and Buddhist monks, lie on gurneys in a hospital car park in the sweltering heat of Mandalay, a city still living in fear ...
More than 160 monks were crushed to death at the U Hla Thein office in Mandalay, where they were about to take an exam at the time of the quake, a rescue officer told state-run Myanmar Radio and ...
Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka started a donation drive through temples on March 31 to help the survivors of the massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Buddhist-majority Myanmar. Venerable Balapitiye Siri ...