At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire-retardant blanket.

More than 10,000 firefighters, police and civil servants have been deployed to battle dozens of wildfires raging in South ...

With streamlined visas, pristine forests, sunlit islands, and serene escapes, Thailand might be the ultimate destination.

At the core of Buddhism is the teaching of non-violence, but someone took a violent path to a handful of beautiful Buddhist ...

What is its secret? Pai Ti Kong is New Year celebrated by the Hokkien Chinese community. On this day, Penang, Malaysia, prepares one of the most lavish birthday parties for the Jade Emperor.

What if the gods actually ‘eat’ the food you offer them? Not just symbolically — but physically, as though the divine hand ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a head ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This February 2025 image provided by the Apsara National Authority, shows a headless statue excavated by ...

This February 2025 image provided by the Apsara National Authority, shows a headless statue excavated by archaeologists at the Angkor temple complex in Cambodia's Siem Reap province. According to ...