Thai Police have arrested a woman who squeezed nearly $12 million out of Buddhist monks trying to cover up having broken ...

The National Institute of Development Administration found in a recent opinion survey that most respondents believe that some Buddhist monks have violated monastic rules and should be punished.The ...

Police in Thailand arrested a woman Tuesday who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and ...

The monks in Thailand’s Chaiyaphum province wrap saffron robes around endangered trees to ‘ordain’ them and protect them from ...

At least nine abbots and senior monks involved in the scandal have been disrobed and cast out of the monkhood, police said.

Nine monks, including high-ranking abbots from well-known temples, have since been defrocked. At least two have gone into ...

Two Benedictine monks, some Indiana Jones-like adventures, and a visit to a Kentucky bourbon maker led a Minnesota man to become a pioneering whiskey maker.

Wirapol Sukphol, a jet-setting monk known for his lavish lifestyle, made international headlines in 2017 when he was charged ...

The Latrun Monastery's agricultural lands took a hard hit in this spring's blazes, prompting a grassroots interfaith effort ...

Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has ...

Who is Wilawan Emsawat? Wilawan Emsawat, known as 'Ms Golf,' was apprehended at her upscale residence in Nonthaburi, near ...

Wilawan Emsawat allegedly seduced and blackmailed several Buddhist monks to rake in large payments worth millions of euros ...