FILE - A Myanmar military soldier hoists a national flag during a ceremony to mark the 69th anniversary of Independence Day in Yangon, Myanmar on Jan. 4, 2017. A Swiss citizen was arrested in military ...

Thousands of religious buildings were destroyed in the severe earthquake that struck Buddhist-majority Myanmar on Friday. More than 2,000 monasteries and pagodas in the Sagaing region alone are said ...

YANGON (Reuters) - A prominent former official with Myanmar’s main opposition party was detained on Wednesday and faces charges of insulting religion, which stemmed from a speech intended to ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A campaign to enshrine Buddhism as Thailand's state religion has been galvanized by a radical Buddhist movement in neighbouring Myanmar that is accused of stoking religious tension ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANGKOK (AP) — A Swiss citizen was arrested ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A Swiss citizen was arrested in military-ruled Myanmar for creating a film that allegedly insulted Buddhism, state media reported Saturday. Didier Nusbaumer, 52, was arrested on Aug. 8 ...