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Rail work suspended after ancient relics found
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/04/2024
» The Fine Arts Department has ordered the suspension of construction of the Den Chai-Chiang Khong railway in tambon Toong Kwao of Phrae's Muang district after the discovery of ancient artefacts aged between 400 and 500 years in the construction site.
When tradition trumps reason
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 09/12/2019
» The senseless killing of animals is something that should be condemned not celebrated. But a notoriously bloody spectacle that went ahead last week in Nepal reminds us how difficult it can be to overturn centuries of "tradition".
Sweet success
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 03/02/2019
» This week's Cornucopia takes you to an annual food and dessert festival that has been held for almost 30 years. It's a not-to-be-missed event for those who are familiar with it because foods and desserts that are rare these days will be available at incredibly cheap prices. It's an event that brings together volunteers that are sometimes more talented than professionals. Proceeds from the event go to charity. It's not a state affair for tourism purposes. Neither is it a promotional happening to make a shopping mall famous. And it takes place at a temple.
National heritage needs protection
News, Editorial, Published on 28/04/2019
» The Kallaya temple conflicts eventually concluded with the abbot being found guilty of destroying national treasures and receiving a suspended one-year prison sentence.
Officials order removal of cult temple's 'pla ra bong' from stalls
Makkawan Wannakul and Chakrapan Natanri, Published on 12/05/2022
» CHAIYAPHUM: Health officials have ordered all vendors to remove pla ra bong (fermented fish chilli paste) produced at a cult temple in Khon San district from their shelves, following a recent raid on the premises where urine, scurf and body waste of the so-called Phra Bida, or spiritual father, had been consumed by his followers to cure illnesses.
Reform clergy with your wallet
Editorial, Published on 03/08/2025
» The recent sex scandal involving high-ranking monks has shaken public faith to the core. But the responses from the clergy, the state, and the public all miss the point. This crisis in Thai Buddhism is not about monks and sex -- it's about monks and money. Address the problem incorrectly, and the sex scandals and temple corruption will never end.
Ringing in the changes
News, Editorial, Published on 05/10/2018
» Accusations of excessively loud bell ringing by a Buddhist temple in the city's Bang Kho Laem area have drawn a mixed reaction and also confrontation.
Hundreds of millions in Asia celebrate Year of the Snake
AFP, Published on 29/01/2025
» BEIJING - Hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families on Wednesday, as they bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and usher in the Year of the Snake.
Stay or go? Dilemma facing last of the Afghan Sikhs
AFP, Published on 20/01/2022
» KABUL - The caretaker of the last Sikh temple in Kabul to regularly host open prayer surveysthe cavernous hall where throngs once gathered in worship.
Ukrainian Hare Krishna devotees seek sanctuary in N.Ireland
AFP, Published on 01/07/2022
» INISH RATH (UNITED KINGDOM) - Nestled among the reeds of Northern Ireland's Lough Erne, the wooded island of Inish Rath has been home to a Hare Krishna temple since the 1980s.