Flames crackle through piles of hundreds of human skulls and thick grey smoke pours into the Thai sky in a moment as ...

In Korea, despite the country not having a state religion, Buddha’s Birthday is observed as a public holiday. But how did the ...

Big Buddha is a giant statue of Buddha encased in Burmese alabaster that towers over Phuket from the peak of Mount Nagakerd. Construction on Big Buddha began in 2007, and Phuketians are proud of ...

An 18-year-old Bangladeshi girl, suffering from a potentially fatal tumour in her pancreas, waited eight months for life-saving surgery in a Kolkata hospital. The surgery was successfully ...

Thailand’s Buddhist community honored the late Pope Francis with a solemn memorial service on the evening of April 29 at Wat ...

During their state visit to Bhutan, the King and Queen of Thailand participated in a sacred Buddhist chanting ceremony at the Buddha Dordenma statue, where they presented holy relics to the ...

Alan Jones, a hair stylist who had come from the southern state of Santa Catarina, showed off a skull tattoo on his left arm, which he said was inspired by Gaga's "Born This Way," his favorite song.

In 2023, the number of Asians in the U.S. reached a new high of nearly 25 million, or 7% of the population. Here are some key facts about Asian Americans, based on tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau ...

A Thai beauty clinic gives bizarre pink kneecap tattoos to customers to make them look fresher, with more than 500 requests a DAY for the treatment. The Tik Ka Oo shop in Bangkok applies the unusual ...

Part spoof and part serious, the film is about mythmaking as much as it is about music. The result is delightfully destabilizing. By Alissa Wilkinson During every scene of this western, I couldn ...