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 ...

On June 11, 1963, the world witnessed a moment of profound courage and sacrifice as Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc set himself on fire to protest the policies of Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem.

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. To understand Quang Duc’s story it is essential to know the story of Ngo Dinh Diem ...

In June 1963, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk died after setting himself on fire in protest against the Catholic South Vietnamese government. Malcolm Brown's photograph of Thich Quang Duc's burning body ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

Thich Chan Quang - A Buddhist abbot in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province has been hit with a two-year preaching ban by Vietnamese authorities, following speeches deemed culturally contentious.

Photographer Malcolm Browne took the above, unforgettable picture on June 11, 1963 when a Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc set himself on fire and burned to death in complete, immobile silence as a ...

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 ...

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 ...