A Japanese company has programmed a popular robot, Pepper, to perform Buddhist funeral rites. But will society ever accept ...

Taiwan said Thursday it detected 16 Chinese warships in waters around the island, one of the highest numbers this year, as ...

The body of U Thant, former U.N. Secretary General, was buried at a site chosen by students in defiance of his relatives who wanted him buried elsewhere in Rangoon ...

Members of the Buddhist community in Latur, Maharashtra, organized a protest funeral on a state highway due to the absence of ...

Members of the Buddhist community held a funeral along a state highway in Maharashtra’s Latur district on Sunday, claiming they do not have a dedicated crematorium. The protest funeral at Pandharwadi ...

Shamanism in Thailand has roots in ancient animism, predating Buddhism and Hinduism. Animism involves belief in supernatural ...

Educated in the UK, Ven AJahn Sripanyo renounced his share of a US$5 billion inheritance more than 20 years ago.

BANGKOK: The father and boyfriend of a Russian actress who tragically drowned after being swept off a cliff by waves while ...

Charles Dickens wrote his novel ‘Great Expectations’ in 1860s & Karl Marx foresaw a socialist development course known as ...

Malaysian billionaire T Ananda Krishnan, who died on Nov 28, is survived by his son, Ven Ajahn Siripanyo, a Buddhist monk, and two daughters. Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT ...

From hit film The Last Dance to stage shows, Hong Kong writers use Chinese funerals to find meaning and help audiences cope ...