Vietnam: A Buddhist monk burns himself to death, Saigon, 1963. Buddhist monks, especially from Hue in Central Vietnam, but also from other locations including Saigon, practiced self-immolation to protest the division of Vietnam into north and south, the authoritarian nature of consecutive South Vietnamese regimes, and South Vietnamese involvement with the United States of America.

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