Anthropologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries hypothesized that animism was the earliest religion. But later scholars have called this theory into question. What is animism? And how should ...

This A-Z guide is your ticket to the week’s most compelling corners: the shows, the surprises, and the spots to sip, savor, ...

Venerable Kou Sopheap, a well-respected Buddhist monk, also expressed his discontent via social media, sharing his belief ...

In May last year, the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) came out with a paper that showed the share of ...

Here in Part II, we break down what it takes to do Nepal's 1,750km Great Himalayan Trail, both guided and unguided.

During 64 years in Thailand, Allan and Joan Eubank have planted churches and started schools and ridden elephants and sent a ...

A sacred tattooing event at Wat Sawang Arom in Nakhon Pathom’s Khun Kaeo subdistrict featured a woman receiving a talisman on her hand from Luang Phor Pae. The event, part of the 9 Temples, 99 ...

Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for good health in the new year ...

Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering ...

Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering ...