In November 2022, President Joe Biden visited Cambodia to attend the 40th and 41st Summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Related Summits, joined by leaders from 28 other ...
In times of national crisis, whether due to war or any force majeure issues involving religious leadership, Khmer Buddhist ...
Tep Vong, Great Supreme Patriarch, prays during the Independence Day celebration in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014. Venerable Tep Vong, the senior monk who headed Cambodia’s Sangha -- its ...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Hundreds of Buddhist monks in Cambodia on Friday held a religious ceremony to honor soldiers killed in recent border clashes with Thai forces and to pray for peace. They marched ...
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- For newly appointed abbot Bunthon Say, religion runs in the family. "My father also was a Buddhist monk before he got married with my mom," he said. His father and brother ...
Cambodia, a Buddhist-majority nation, is positioning itself as a premium Muslim-friendly destination with halal tourism, ...
Members of an inter-religious team from Cambodia, which recently toured Europe and met Pope Francis, say their six-day trip helped them understand differences between cultures and to seek ways to ...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — 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 ...