Sri Lanka: Communal provocation over Buddha statue in Trincomalee

The fact that the JVP/NPP government rapidly caved in to the Sinhala Buddhist supremacists over the statue is a warning that ...
Observer

In Ho Chi Minh City, Art Feels Urgent Again

The city’s artists are finding new languages of abstraction, spirituality and digital chaos—and the exhibitions going up this ...
BelTA

CSTO summit, Myanmar, Oman... Key takeaways from Lukashenko's big foreign trip

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko went on a major foreign trip on 26 November. The itinerary covers Southeast Asia, ...

Studies show how the giant statues on Rapa Nui were made and moved—and what caused the island's deforestation

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, ...
Archaeology

Made in China

Statues of the Buddha unearthed in central China are leading to new interpretations of the early history of Buddhism in the country. While excavating a late Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 25–220) family ...