An annual Buddhist rite for "muen botoke" -- people who died and left behind no known relatives -- was held Friday at a temple in eastern Tokyo, a grim reminder of the soaring number of remains in ...

The true story of Muen, a Thai woman living in the 1800s under the rule of King Mongkut. At that time, women had no rights. Wives and daughters were bought and sold as if they were cattle.

BANGKOK: Maj Gen Nea Vong, Commander of the Cambodian Division, led Neam Chanthida, Governor of Udon Mechey Province, along with 40 officials, to visit Ta Muen Thom Temple in Phanom Dong Rak ...