A group of more than 270 some men and women, who were rescued from forced labor in scam compounds months earlier but remain ...

The people of Myanmar have often turned to the clergy for aid during natural disasters. But last month’s earthquake was also ...

Buddhist monks offered prayers as more bodies were found at the earthquake-struck building in Bangkok. Video shows the robed ...

Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand after having their heads ...

The Poy Sang Long celebration is a vibrant three-day ritual before boys of Myanmar's Shan people enter monastic life for up ...

It is not known how many monks were killed. Buddhism is the official religion in Myanmar, and about 90 per cent of its people adhere to the faith. It has shaped the country’s identity and moral ...

The Buddhist celebration is unique to the Shan people of northeastern Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of whom have moved to Thailand during their country's decades of dictatorship and turmoil.