A Buddhist monk raised a piglet from a tiny baby into a huge boar. Phra Kaorop Yatiko has been taking care of the pig named ...

Women should be prosecuted for having sex with monks, Thai politicians have proposed, after a nationwide scandal over an alleged “blackmailing seductress”. At least nine monks have been disrobed for ...

Jul 25, 2025 // Diplomatic Courier’s Stephanie Gull brings you weekly under–the–radar stories from around the world. This ...

ABC News' "Start Here" podcast host Brad Mielke reports on a woman whom Thai authorities are accusing of orchestrating an elaborate blackmail scheme.

Wilawan Emsawat, also known as 'Sika Golf', has been slammed by her own mum while giving an insight into prison life via ...

A sex scandal isn't scandalous because of sex. It usually takes particularly striking circumstances - such as institutionalized coercion, violence or prostitution of minors or the involvement of ...

New accusations involving illicit sex and blackmail have shaken the nation and opened a debate on the privileges monks enjoy ...

Buddhist Monk Sadom Kaewkanjana's Clear Message Amid The Open originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The 2025 Open ...

Thai pro Sadom Kaewkanjana was the only monk in the Open Championship field. On Friday, he spoke about how he approaches the ...

Legal action against senior monks in Thailand raises questions about the future of Thai Buddhism, with calls for reform and ...

Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has ...

Thailand’s new Monk Misconduct Complaint Centre, which investigates clergy misdeeds. The centre aims to separate individual ...