Thich Huyen Quang, the patriarch of an outlawed Buddhist church in Vietnam who spent more than two decades in and out of house arrest, died Saturday after months of failing health. He was 87. The ...

A Bates professor has received a $40,000 grant to complete his research into a Vietnamese monk whose self-immolation in 1963 was one of the defining acts of the Vietnam War years. On June 11, 1963, at ...

The leader of a Buddhist temple in Santa Ana is questioning what happened to money raised by the Orange County Vietnamese American community for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Two checks totaling $27,000 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Thich Quang Do, a ...

The heart sarira of Bodhisattva Thich Quang Duc, who died in self-immolation to protest the suppression of Buddhism by the Ngo Dinh Diem government in 1963, will be open for public viewing in Ho Chi ...

The government of Hanoi tried to boycott the ceremony in every way possible. He had spent 30 years in prison or under isolation or house arrest, becoming a champion of religious freedom and of human ...

Thich Tri Quang, a Buddhist monk who wielded formidable political power during the Vietnam War, leading waves of protests that brought down South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and later ...

The decision, concluded by the Standing Committee of the Executive Council, includes a two-year ban on preaching in any form and presiding over events that gather large crowds at Thien Ton Phat Quang ...

HANOI, Vietnam — Thich Quang Do, a Buddhist monk who became the public face of religious dissent in Vietnam while the Communist government kept him in prison or under house arrest for more than 20 ...

FILE - In this July 8, 2003, file photo, Buddhist monk Thich Quang Do, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee and perhaps the most prominent dissident in Vietnam, talks during an interview at the Thanh Minh Zen ...

Thich Quang Do, a Buddhist monk who became the public face of religious dissent in Vietnam while the communist government kept him in prison or under house arrest for more than 20 years, died Feb. 22 ...