The Burmese monk was all serene smiles and downcast eyes when he arrived at a demonstration on the University of Washington campus Monday afternoon, but moments later he bitterly condemned the ...

Photography Intern Angela Madonia covered a meditation/prayer service at The Zen Center of Syracuse to show support for the monks who participated in last month's pro-democracy protests in Burma. The ...

As many as 100,000 protesters led by a phalanx of barefoot monks marched Monday in the most powerful show of strength yet from a movement that has grown in a week from faltering demonstrations to one ...

YANGON, Myanmar -- More than 100 Buddhist monks marched peacefully Wednesday in a northern Myanmar town noted for its defiance of the country's military rulers, the first large protest since the junta ...

Dec 8 (Reuters) - 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, ...

BANGKOK, Thailand — Burmese monks returned to the streets yesterday for the first time since the democracy movement they led was violently suppressed a month ago. In a stunning show of defiance, ...

YANGON, Myanmar -- In helping others, Myanmar's saffron-robed Buddhist monks have helped themselves. The monks' critical role in providing relief after Cyclone Nargis has galvanized their ranks and ...