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 ...

In Thailand, things went awry when a foreign man, who thought he'd do the right thing and give up his seat on a train for two women, was slapped by a monk who thought he was getting dissed.

Jiraporn Kuhakan/REUTERS BANGKOK, Sept 22 – A group of Thai monks and volunteers wearing protective clothing carefully navigate the bumpy roads of a Bangkok suburb in a golf cart, towing a ...

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 ...

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.

BANGKOK — A small Buddhist temple in northern Thailand has been left without monks after the entire monastery was found to have been using methamphetamine, according to local officials.