Buddhism remains a powerful and enduring force in Southeast Asia, particularly in mainland countries like Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, where countless devotees engage in a myriad of ...

With the Dalai Lama turning 90 on July 6, anxiety over his succession has reached a critical point. For Tibetans, the stakes are existential. But for China, the potential vacancy offers a strategic ...

More recently, Buddhist actors have justified and carried out violence, especially in the Buddhist-majority states of South and Southeast Asia, where distinctively Buddhist forms of violent ...

Dorian Q. Fuller's research explores the origins and evolution of rice cultivation, distinguishing between African and Asian ...

Buddhism, founded in the late 6th century B.C.E. by Siddhartha Gautama (the "Buddha"), is an important religion in most of the countries of Asia. Buddhism has assumed many different forms, but in each ...

In both Hinduism and Buddhism, the snake or Naga, Sanskrit for “serpent”, is often depicted as a divine or semidivine being with spiritual and physical powers. In Southeast Asian countries ...

Southeast Asia's travel industry is in a period of rapid growth and innovation, driven by changing traveler behaviors, the rise of online travel agencies, and increasing middle-class wealth.

According to the latest data from the Pew Research Center, Buddhism is the only religion to have fewer believers in 2020 than in 2010, a drop of 18.6 million, largely due to a low birth rate in predom ...

Countries in Southeast Asia were eager for their business and opened their doors. Today, half of all Nike shoes are made in Vietnam. After Trump slapped them with 46% tariffs last week, ...

Recognizable clothing and food traditions seen throughout Southeast Asia are easily observed in Cambodia. Whether this is from the cultural exchange or similar environments is impossible to say ...

The implications for democratic legitimacy, in Asia as elsewhere, are clear — to sustain public trust and remain resilient, democracies must produce tangible policy benefits that meet citizens’ ...