BANGKOK (Reuters) - Eleven boys from a soccer team, who were rescued from a flooded Thai cave in a drama that gripped global audiences, took their first steps on Tuesday to be ordained as Buddhist ...

RAYNHAM — Chanting monks in saffron robes stood beside dark-suited state legislators under a colossal golden Buddha statue to mark the opening Sunday afternoon of what might be the largest Thai ...

CHIANG RAI, Thailand (AP) -- To the chant of Buddhist prayers, friends and family of one of the soccer boys rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand in 2018 bid farewell to their teammate who ...

BANGKOK — Two Buddhist monks in Thailand have become social media stars with Facebook livestreams that combine traditional teachings with non-traditional jokes and giggles. Some of the country’s ...

The monks, draped in orange robes, sat side-by-side in the gathering hall of the Thai Buddhist Center of Minnesota, an arrangement of flowers displayed in front of each one. Visitors, each holding a ...

Andrew Alan Johnson receives funding from Princeton University. He is affiliated with the Association for Asian Studies and the American Anthropological Association. Ordaining as a full monk – known ...