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 ...

GEORGE TOWN: Legends abound around Buddha relics, from beliefs that they are indestructible and guarded by powerful deities to them imparting miraculous powers. Precious to Buddhists, they look like ...

There’s a new “flight to nowhere” -- but this one has a religious route. Thai Airways is offering a “flight to nowhere” that will fly over 99 sacred Buddhist sites on Nov. 30, according to the Bangkok ...

They grow vegetables and sunflowers in the summer and plow their driveway when the snow falls. They begin their workday before dawn. They have built a new addition to their home. More than a year ...

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 ...

It is 5 am and a group of monks have gathered for their morning prayer at Songdhammakalyani monastery. Rhythmic chanting and the smell of incense fill the air as eight saffron robed, bald-headed ...