Barely a week after the Anutin government issued its new ministerial regulations to "protect" Buddhism, police last week ...

Buddhist monks from Wat Siriphong Thamma Nimit temple wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in preparation before donating food and other necessities to vulnerable people whose livelihoods have ...

It's 6 a.m. on a Monday morning, and Bangkok is just starting to wake up. Street food vendors begin to serve breakfast as the streets, and sidewalks fill with morning commuters. Behind the gates of ...

A sex scandal has hit Thailand's Buddhist clergy after a woman allegedly had sexual relationships with several monks and then blackmailed them to keep the liaisons quiet. The scandal has "rocked" ...

BANGKOK — The Buddha, in his laughing incarnation, is often depicted with a jolly smile and a giant, quivering belly. That model of plenitude seems ever more apt in Thailand, where the waistlines of ...

A Buddhist monk in Thailand drew criticism after local villagers found him drunkenly passed out and exposed in the local temple. The 50-year-old monk, an unnamed former policeman, was found lying down ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Under growing pressure from Thailand's military government, and their own religious bodies, Buddhist monks have launched a fresh round of reforms in recent weeks to clean up ...

Thai police have arrested a woman who allegedly had sexual relations with monks, and then used photos and videos of the acts to extort money from them. The woman, who police are calling "Ms Golf", ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist monks in Thailand on Friday blessed twin baby elephants, one male and the other female, a week after their rare birth came close to being a tragedy. Their mother, Chamchuri, ...

There are about 200,000 Buddhist monks in Thailand. None are women. Thai Buddhism's governing body says women cannot be ordained. But as Michael Sullivan reports, a growing number of women are hacking ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist monks in Thailand on ...