A now-defrocked Buddhist monk was charged with assault after beating a nine-year-old Buddhist novice to death last weekend. Monk Suphachai Suthiyano, 64, was disrupted during a prayer session when ...

MAE SAI, Thailand — Three weeks after they emerged from a flooded cave complex, guided to safety by expert divers while their families and supporters around the world awaited word of their safety, the ...

Eleven of the boys who were rescued from a cave in Thailand earlier this month — an international mission that captivated the world — have been ordained as Buddhist novices in honor to the volunteer ...

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A devotee has her hair cut by a female Buddhist monk during a mass female Buddhist novice monk ordination ceremony at the Songdhammakalyani monastery, Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, December 5, ...

MAE SAI, Thailand -- With their heads bowed and wearing orange robes, the members of the boys' soccer team rescued from almost three weeks trapped in a cave in northern Thailand on Saturday completed ...

Andrew Alan Johnson receives funding from Princeton University. He is affiliated with the Association for Asian Studies and the American Anthropological Association. Ordaining as a full monk – known ...

The odyssey of a youth soccer team rescued from a Thai cave continued Tuesday when 11 of the boys attended a solemn ceremony and had their heads shaved before being ordained as Buddhist novices. The ...

Eleven of the boys who were rescued from a cave in Thailand earlier this month — an international mission that captivated the world — have been ordained as Buddhist novices in honor to the volunteer ...