Local News
Supreme Patriarch calls for unity in preserving Buddhism amid scandal
By Naewna & Thai Newsroom plus AP – published by CNA HIS HOLINESS the Supreme Patriarch told Acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai today (July 17) that all sides must cooperate to preserve Buddhism amid the current scandal with there already being punishment for erring monks who are defrocked. Phumtham also told Somdet Phra Mahawirawong, […]
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World News
Buddhist monks in Myanmar split on anti-junta movement
By AFP, published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – Myanmar’s Buddhist monkhood led an earlier struggle against military rule but is split on the coup that ended the country’s nascent democracy, with some prominent religious leaders defending the new junta. Three months of turmoil have followed the February pre-dawn raids in which soldiers arrested civilian leader […]
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