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The mesmerising views of these natural wonders like that of Bagan in Myanmar and the bamboo forest in Japan, make them ...

Famous Buddhist Temples: Buddhism, ... From South Korea’s Haeinsa Temple to Myanmar’s Bagan, each temple holds a unique story, architectural marvels, and a serene atmosphere that will leave ...

In 2012, Buddhist nationalist movements in Myanmar started to emerge, disseminating a Buddhist nationalist discourse that aimed to protectively demarcate their nation from the perceived threat posed ...

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 ...

And the Buddhist ... to Burma should fail to make time for the five-day excursion by plane and river steamer to Pagan. At a deep bend of the Irrawaddy River, its five thousand surviving temples ...

Yangon is the cultural and economic center of the country, with the Shwedagon Pagoda, the most important Buddhist site in Myanmar. Bagan is the most iconic destination, with over 2,000 temples and ...

BANGKOK--A study issued Tuesday by researchers collecting evidence of war crimes in Myanmar supported reports that air strikes by the military government damaged churches in the Buddhist ...