Bronze Buddha stolen from Palembang museum; thieves captured
The police moved quickly to apprehend a gang of four behind the theft of a Bronze Buddha statue from a ...
Month: March 2009
New archaeological discoveries at Xom Trai Cave
Vietnamese archaeologists announce their findings of their excavation and and conservation project at the Xom Trai Cave in Hoa Binh ...
Mausoleum to be restored
The mausoleum of the Nguyen Dynasty King Tu Duc (1829-1883) will be restored by a joint German-Vietnamese team from now ...
Thai Sun God comes back in the mail
The Surya Dev bead which was stolen from a museum in Bangkok last weekend is mysteriously returned in the mail. ...
Ming shipwreck to be salvaged later this year
A 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Guangdong province in China, though to date to the Ming Dynasty, will be ...
TV station raising funds to improve Preah Vihear access road
Bayon TV is seeking to raise US$500,000 to improve the access road to the Preah Vihear temple. Bayon to seek ...
Stolen: Sun god, about 2cm tall
The Surya Dev bead, a 2,000-year-old depiction of a sun god has been stolen from an exhibition at the National ...
Ancient ritual to be revived
An ancient ritual to the earth and sky gods dating to the 10th century but fell into disuse in the ...
Iron smelting, temples and other characteristics of 'civilization'
After a few days of news about the so-called "pre-Angkor" civilisation at the Bujang Valley, I was pleasantly surprised to ...
Public Lecture: A Tale of Two Kingdoms by Prof Michael Aung-Thwin
Readers in Singapore interested in Burmese history might be interested in this public lecture by Prof. Michael Aung-Thwin on the ...
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