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Thai Police have arrested a woman who squeezed nearly $12 million out of Buddhist monks trying to cover up having broken ...
At least nine abbots and senior monks involved in the scandal have been disrobed and cast out of the monkhood, police said.
Police in Thailand arrested a woman Tuesday who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and ...
Wirapol Sukphol, a jet-setting monk known for his lavish lifestyle, made international headlines in 2017 when he was charged ...
A massive sex scandal has erupted in Thailand, exposing over 80,000 explicit videos and extortion worth ₹100 crore.
Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has ...
Nine monks, including high-ranking abbots from well-known temples, have since been defrocked. At least two have gone into ...
Who is Wilawan Emsawat? Wilawan Emsawat, known as 'Ms Golf,' was apprehended at her upscale residence in Nonthaburi, near ...
The scandal first surfaced in mid-June when the abbot of the prestigious Wat Tri Thotsathep monastery abruptly left the ...
The National Institute of Development Administration found in a recent opinion survey that most respondents believe that some Buddhist monks have violated monastic rules and should be punished.The ...
Two Benedictine monks, some Indiana Jones-like adventures, and a visit to a Kentucky bourbon maker led a Minnesota man to become a pioneering whiskey maker.
The monks in Thailand’s Chaiyaphum province wrap saffron robes around endangered trees to ‘ordain’ them and protect them from ...