(Reuters) -Human rights activists accused Communist-run Vietnam of infringing on freedom of religion after a court handed jail sentences this week to five ethnically Khmer Buddhist monks and four ...

Vietnam faces accusations of violating religious freedom after sentencing six Khmer Buddhist monks and three activists to ...

Khmer cymbals like thi would have been used in a temple as part of a religious ceremony. The cymbal's location could in turn, help determine its age. -So, can you show me ...

Angkor was the capital of the Khmer empire, which controlled much of the region between the 9th and 15th centuries. The great temple of Angkor Wat, still the largest religious site in the world ...

The Stockton Cambodian community will celebrate one of its annual significant holidays this weekend. The Wat Dhammararam Buddhist Temple, located at 3732 E. Carpenter Rd. in Stockton, will host ...

It contains the ruins of Khmer Empire capitals from the 9th to 15th centuries, including the temple of Angkor Wat. The site, near Siem Reap, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) northwest of the ...

Images of the twelfth century temple known today as Angkor Wat have appeared on every Cambodian flag since the country gained its independence from France in l953. Cambodia is the only nation in the ...

Archaeologists conducting safeguarding work on the royal palace at Angkor Thom, a Khmer temple complex in Cambodia, have uncovered 12 sandstone guardian statues. The discovery came during a ...

Restored in the 1940s, the 12th-century Banteay Samre, devoted to the Hindu god Vishnu, recalls the medieval Khmer Empire at its height. The temple is cloistered inside two sets of concentric ...

Images of dance and drama are found both on bas reliefs and in free standing sculpture from ancient Cambodian temples. Unfortunately, we know very little about the meanings and gestures of dance in ...

Built in 1887, Xiem Can Temple in Bac Lieu stands as a significant cultural and religious landmark. This ancient Khmer temple, with its unique Angkor-inspired architecture, attracts visitors for its ...