The Unesco-listed Hahoe Folk Village in South Korea has been evacuated and a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple burned to the ...

Muay Thai, meaning ‘Art of Eight Limbs’, is a highly popular combat sport and martial art believed to have originated several ...

Wildfires tearing through the southern regions of South Korea have killed at least 28 people and destroyed or threatened ...

Contrary to popular Western beliefs about Buddhist meditation, it is not viewed as a secular practice. Thai Buddhists believe that meditation is a meritorious activity, helping them not only to ...

Though the edifices of Nalanda were largely reduced to mounds and the great monastery ceased to function in the early ...

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Yet, in both Christianity and Buddhism, the body of the founder emerged, centuries after their death, as the privileged focus ...

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One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...

Hong Kong is a city of contrasts, where skyscrapers meet mountains, and vibrant markets sit alongside Michelin-starred ...

Thailand’s Songkran Festival, which celebrates the traditional Thai new year, is bringing its celebrations to Hong Kong once ...