Transforming from a 12-year-old farmer boy into a monastic student and then a novice monk is my unforgettable memory. I have been interested in writing about Buddhism in Cambodia since I enrolled in a ...
In his final report from Cambodia, Michael Lally looks at the Buddhist religion, which was effectively banned under the Khmer Rouge. Report shows monks setting off to collect alms. Footage of ...
Tep Vong, who helped revive Buddhism after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, had close and long-standing connections to the ruling Cambodian People's Party.
On the evening of January 7, a gunman fired two shots near a side entrance to the temple complex. Former Cambodian lawmaker Lim Kimya was murdered at point-blank range on Thanon Bowon Niwet as he ...
Tep Vong, the senior monk who headed Cambodia’s Buddhist community and was vital for its rejuvenation in the wake of the Khmer Rouge genocide in the late 70s, has died. He was 93. Cambodia's ...
Major Religions: Buddhism: 97.9%, Islam: 1.1%, Christianity: 0.5%, Other: 0.6% Gaspar da Cruz, a Portuguese friar of the Dominican Order, brought Catholic faith to Cambodia during 1555-1556. Friar ...