BAGAN, Myanmar - The moment of takeoff was silent and mesmerizing. Within seconds, our hot-air balloon was floating above the treetops, gliding toward what Marco Polo called "one of the finest sights ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police have pledged to bar Islamist groups from staging a rally on Friday at the Borobudur Buddhist temple in central Java to protest against the persecution of ...

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MANDALAY, Myanmar As the sun began to set behind the hills on the far side of Mandalay, the valley below turned a dusty red. The small trash fires burning constantly along the roadsides contributed to ...

YANGON, Myanmar -- A Buddhist nationalist group that has been accused of stirring up religious tensions in Myanmar demonstrated Friday outside Thailand's embassy here, to protest the Thai government's ...

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Armed police secure the compound of Ekayana Buddhist Centre in Jakarta in the early morning of Aug. 5, 2013, hours after a bombing attack hit the temple in the evening of Aug. 4ROMEO GACAD / AFP / ...

MANDALAY, Myanmar (Reuters) - Thousands of Buddhist monks gathered in Myanmar's second largest city on Sunday for an event partly organized by a scandal-hit Thai temple whose abbot is wanted for ...

Myanmar's junta has continued to carry out airstrikes against territory held by armed resistance groups even after securing a landslide victory in January elections touted as a return to civilian rule ...