News

Long-festering tensions over border territory have escalated into armed conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, leading to ...
A 35-year-old woman was arrested in Nonthaburi, Thailand, on July 15 for allegedly engaging in sexual relations with senior ...
At least nine abbots and senior monks involved in the scandal have been disrobed and cast out of the monkhood, police said.
Wirapol Sukphol, a jet-setting monk known for his lavish lifestyle, made international headlines in 2017 when he was charged ...
Police in Thailand have arrested a woman who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and then ...
New accusations involving illicit sex and blackmail have shaken the nation and opened a debate on the privileges monks enjoy ...
Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has ...
The scandal first surfaced in mid-June when the abbot of the prestigious Wat Tri Thotsathep monastery abruptly left the ...
The police have also opened a hotline for people to report “misbehaving monks”. Police found more than 80,000 photos and ...
A woman in Thailand allegedly extorted ₹100 crore by blackmailing monks using thousands of ‘intimate’ videos and photos.
Police arrested Wilawan Emsawat for allegedly seducing several high-profile monks in Thailand and blackmailing them for money ...
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 ...