Ken died in Phnom Penh. Before the fire of the cremation oven was lit, I talked to a large crowd — about his travels, his growing up in Michigan, our lives in Oregon and Cambodia, and his love of Star ...

NEWTON? Tony Farnan’s back tells a story. “White Trash” is tattooed across the lower portion. A handcuffed, clenched fist with lightning bolts and a swastika takes up much of the middle. Farnan got ...

A former Thai Buddhist monk has been sentenced to 114 years in prison after he was convicted of fraud, money laundering and computer crimes. The case of Wirapol Sukphol has scandalized Thai society ...

Federal agents in Anchorage last week arrested a former Chicago-area Buddhist priest on a sexual assault charge from years earlier, when he allegedly impregnated an underage girl, police say. The ...

A former head of Thailand’s National Office of Buddhism has seen his prison sentence increased to 94 years over charges of embezzling large sums of money earmarked for several Buddhist temples. Phanom ...

Ariel Hall loved her Tibetan meditation cushion, a maroon-and-saffron pillow that helped melt away the strains of daily life during visits to her local Shambhala center. She began meditating as a ...

Han Dong-hoon (R), former chief of the ruling People Power Party, talks with Ven. Jinwoo, chief of the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, during their meeting at the sect's headquarters ...

Ariel Hall loved her Tibetan meditation cushion, a maroon-and-saffron pillow that helped melt away the strains of daily life during visits to her local Shambhala center. She began meditating as a ...