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 ...

Every year, tens of millions of tourists travel to South and Southeast Asia. Occasionally, visitors from the United States, Europe and elsewhere have gotten in trouble for disrespecting Buddhist sites ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...