The Americans exit the airport and are met by Major Dang Ha Thuy – a uniformed Vietnamese man, also elderly – who greets them warmly. Half a century ago, they would have exchanged gunfire; today, they ...
A wild elephant climbed a set of stairs and wandered over to Buddhist monks chanting their morning prayers in a temple cave. The jumbo ascended the steps that led to Wat Tham Sarika temple at the top, ...
The Buddha amulets, long revered in Thai culture for their spiritual significance, have increasingly captured the attention of foreign tourists visiting the country. These small, intricately designed ...
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard. It rises 30 feet high ...