PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia's Ministry of Cult and Religion said Tep Vong died Monday after an extended illness. PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Tep Vong, the senior monk who headed Cambodia’s ...

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. Tep Vong, the senior monk who headed Cambodia’s ...

Cambodia hosted a summit on Islam and Buddhism, the first such inter-religious program held in the Buddhist-majority nation to promote ethnic and religious harmony. The day-long summit, organized by ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — 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 ...

Thailand's demolition of a Vishnu idol near its border with Cambodia has sparked international backlash, with authorities claiming it was a security measure.

Cambodia's indigenous Chong people protest the construction of a hydroelectric dam. Led by Buddhist monks, Cambodia's indigenous Chong people protest the construction of a hydroelectric dam. The dam, ...

India expressed concern over the destruction of a Hindu deity statue amid the Thailand-Cambodia conflict, emphasizing the shared cultural significance of Hindu and Buddhist deities. It urged the ...

Ponchaud’s 1977 book “Cambodge, année zero” was one of the first detailed accounts of the horrors that unfolded after the communist takeover. François Ponchaud, the French missionary who revealed the ...

Religion and nationality are inseparable for most people living in South and Southeast Asian nations, confirms a report of a survey Pew Research Center released on Sept. 12. In Buddhist majority ...

The alleged demolition of Lord Vishnu statue in Cambodia by Thailand triggered a huge controversy with Thailand defending the move. Videos online showed the Lord Vishnu statue being taken down using a ...

The Khmer Empire built the temples of Angkor amid the lush forests of Cambodia nearly 900 years ago, just as a religious shift from Hinduism to Buddhism was beginning. Heavenly towersThe Angkor Wat ...