Lost Tribes Institute’s 2nd International Symposium

The Lost Tribes Institute was invited to organize a symposium in Chiang Mai, Thailand, May 9-10, 2024 with Margot Crossing as the Keynote presenter. Ethnic Karen people from Burma were to be the primary audience. Myanmar's Junta started bombing the Burma Karen tribes just before the symposium, so it was not well attended. Still, all the presenters presented their essays as if speaking to a full audience. Damir Eraliev established links between Kyrgyzstan and Southeast Asia via oral tradition. Dr. Ha-Sung Chung presented the links between Korea, Southeast China, and Southeast Asia. Margot Crossing highlighted trade and migration routes along the ancient Tea and Horse Routes. Dr. Kengo Nagami and Arimasa Kubo presented stunning evidence of Israel's Lost Tribes in Japan, often considered Earth's most exotic country. PS Haokip and Dr. P.C. Biaksiama acknowledged that their local lore attests to lineage from Israel. Richard Hewitt was in training mode and set to prepare the audience to learn the basic theological verses supporting the theory of Israel's return. Hewitt also presents evidence that Buddha may have been an Israelite influenced by Jewish Prophets in Persia's Achaemenid Empire.