Thai Buddhist monks wearing face masks to protect themselves from the coronavirus pass packs of water after their devotees donated water to Molilokayaram temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, April ...

Thai women devotees in white robes pray during a mass female Buddhist novice monk ordination ceremony at the Songdhammakalyani monastery, Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, December 5, 2018.

Asia 7 Buddhist monks in Thailand accused of embezzling donations received by a temple in $8.9 million scheme A police raid in Thailand uncovered about $2.9 million worth of property including ...

By Samantha Bresnahan, CNN (CNN) — 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 ...

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 ...

On July 1 in Nonthaburi, Thailand, six schoolboys rescued a disabled Buddhist monk who fell into a canal. The youngsters ...

A Buddhist temple in central Thailand has been left without monks after three of its Buddhist monks and an abbot failed drug tests and were defrocked, a local official said Tuesday.

BANGKOK — Two Buddhist monks in Thailand have become social media stars with Facebook livestreams that combine traditional teachings with non-traditional jokes and giggles. Some of the country ...

Buddhist monks, mourners, activists and the merely curious gathered Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of one of the darkest days in Thailand's history, ...

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.

Thai Buddhist monks accepting food donations. AP Photo/David Longstreath. This economy of merit links laypeople and monks together like a family.