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 ...

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 his return to Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Senn said talks were adjourned, not abandoned. In his final report from Cambodia, Michael Lally looks at the Buddhist religion, which was effectively ...

“Almost 90% of ex-monks have a strong [family] and individual education to be a good person in society,” Phin said. He added that the monks’ role in Cambodia extends past educational development in ...

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 ...

Fifty years after the Khmer Rouge razed Phnom Penh’s cathedral, a new church rises—blending Khmer and Catholic traditions as ...

Echoing this view, MWL Secretary-General Mohammed Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa expressed optimism about the conference’s impact, given Cambodia’s long-standing experience in inspiring interfaith harmony, ...

The Angkor Wat architecture in Cambodia and the Indian scripture influence in Thai culture indicate the strong-rooted links. In the current geopolitical environment, Buddhism still has a strategic ...