"We are all living in hardship," wept Khin Myo Swe as an ambulance worker gently cradled the little body before a Buddha statue decorated with flowers, then took it away to be cremated. Three days ...

This is the terrifying moment a Buddha statue shook before being engulfed in clouds of dust during the earthquake in Myanmar.

On Saturday morning, a military intermediary called her, the astrologer said, and requested help in protecting the junta chief’s hold on Myanmar. She advised a Buddha amulet, to be worn at all ...