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 ...

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 ...

Buddhist monks in Thailand fail drug tests, leaving temple empty 01:10. Thai police have arrested a Buddhist monk over allegations he embezzled more than $9 million from the prominent temple he ...

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.

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

Buddhist monks in Thailand fail drug tests, leaving temple empty 01:10. A Buddhist temple in central Thailand has been left without monks after all of its holy men failed drug tests and were ...

The New York Post is reporting that four Buddhist monks were removed from a Buddhist Temple in Thailand and taken to rehab after each of them failed the drug tests in the Phetchabun province’s ...

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.

Kind tourists gave Buddhist monks a lift home on their motorcycles. The foreigners exploring the island on two-wheelers passed by the orange-robed religious disciples and offered to take them to ...

Thai monks collecting alms on Visaka Bucha Day at the National Office of Buddhism, just outside of Bangkok.(Foreign Correspondent: Matt Henry)Phra Kato was promptly disrobed, but his disgrace only ...

‘Thai all day long’ After 10 years as a monk in Thailand, Waiyaka left to serve a Buddhist community in Fremont, Calif., as part of the Wat Buddhanusorn temple for another decade.