A Janakpur High Court in Nepal has acquitted Ram Bahadur Bomjan aka “Buddha Boy” in a child sexual abuse case. Dubbed as ...

The Poy Sang Long celebration is a vibrant three-day ritual before boys of Myanmar’s Shan people enter monastic life for up ...

Ethnic Malay Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand shot dead Pongkorn Chumapan, 16, and wounded Pokanit Morasin, 12, on ...

Ram Bahadur Bomjan, known as 'Buddha Boy', has been acquitted of child sexual abuse charges by Nepal's Janakpur High Court.

A schoolboy who attempted to enter the Sri Dalada Maligawa, clad as a Buddhist monk was arrested by the police. ..

scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand after having their heads shaved -- a symbolic start to a centuries-old Shan monkhood ordination. The Buddhist celebration is unique to the ...

"Boys who take part in this tradition are considered students of Buddha. It is a deeply meritorious event," said Chaiya Kongcheun, president of the Tai Yai Education and Culture Association ...