His family are among many Rohingyas, members of a persecuted mostly Muslim minority, who fled Myanmar’s Rakhine state in recent days, as fighting escalates between the troops of the ruling …
This has led to a practice that has now become tradition – for the whole of the month, people pay their respects to the dead to ensure they are at …
Myanmar’s junta chief has made a rare apology after security forces killed the popular abbot of a Buddhist monastery in an incident the military initially blamed on opponents of its …
That appears certain to change, however, as the Thai government wagers on legalised casinos to bring in a windfall of tourism, jobs and taxes. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin is in …
“When we do the pulse reading, we will be watching the frequency and amplitude of vital organs to find out if there are any imbalances,” Gurung explains. “The fingers are …
The 88-year-old Dalai Lama has made the Indian hillside town of Dharamsala his headquarters since fleeing from Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959. It was the …
This has led to a growing push to include caste as a protected category, alongside race, sexual orientation and others, under Australia’s anti-discrimination laws. Caste determines social status across vast …