Nearly 16,000 devotees participated in the Thaipusam festival in Singapore, performing rituals like carrying the 'paalkudam' or 'kavadis'. The event, significant for Tamil Hindus, faced logistical ...

What do devotees do on Thaipusam? Devotees usually start their preparations 48 days (one mandala) before Thaipusam by fasting ...

However, as you grow older and learn more about its meaning, Thaipusam becomes something to deeply respect—and now, you might ...

Hundreds of people lined up in the hours before midnight at the Wong Tai Sin Taoist temple in Hong Kong ... Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, the United States, South Korea, Macao ...

Chinese and Thai cultures have been intertwined for centuries and Bangkok has numerous incense-wreathed temples that represent shared spiritual traditions. Take our advice and pop along to any of ...

Despite the slump in the overall numbers, airports in Singapore, Vietnam, and even Bangladesh have ... down around 31 per cent from five years ago. Thai carriers, primarily the Thai AirAsia group, are ...

Thai authorities have since conducted contamination tests for quality control and is expected to export Thai durians into China again from Jan. 20, reported Bangkok Post. Strict checks by Chinese ...

BANGKOK, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday agreed to levy a carbon tax of 200 baht ($5.88) per ton of carbon emissions, a deputy finance minister said, as part of the country's ...

Singapore's Fastest Growing Companies is a list of 100 local businesses that achieved markedly high revenue growth between 2020 and 2023. Companies keen to get on the league table had to register ...

A Thai bride-to-be lost 100,000 baht in gold and cash yesterday that she prepared as a dowry for her wedding after forgetting her bag in the bathroom of a temple in the Isaan province of Ubon ...

Three Israeli hostages and five Thai nationals held by Hamas in Gaza since the 7 October 2023 have been released. Agam Berger, a 20-year-old Israeli soldier, was reunited with her family at a ...