It’s a bad abbot. Four Buddhist monks in Thailand have been shipped off to rehab after they all tested positive for meth. The holy men — including the temple’s abbot, or head monk — failed ...

Religious offerings of sugary drinks and fatty foods might bring good luck to Buddhist devotees in Thailand, but they’ve created a major health crisis for the monks consuming them. Nearly half ...

Mounting scandals involving monks are undermining a key pillar of Thai society. It was rumours of a sex scandal that first brought Phra Khom, a Buddhist monk famed throughout Thailand for his ...

A flamboyant Thai monk who is accused of multiple charges of child abuse as well as ignoring his monastic vows has returned home after being extradited from the US. Wiraphon Sukphon, who was seen ...

More than 90% of Thailand’s population follows Buddhism and the monks here are held in high regard, but there is growing concern about their health: Thailand’s monks are gaining too much weight.

There’s a low barrier to entering and leaving monkhood, and many in Thailand choose to get ordained as monks for a variety of reasons—but usually to “make merit,” a Buddhist practice of ac ...

NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand — Think Buddhist monk, and bodyguards and bomb threats probably don't spring to mind. But that's exactly what Phra Buddha Issara is dealing with as he mounts a campaign ...