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

At least nine abbots and senior monks involved in the scandal have been disrobed and cast out of the monkhood, police said.

The monks in Thailand’s Chaiyaphum province wrap saffron robes around endangered trees to ‘ordain’ them and protect them from ...

BANGKOK: The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) has released the findings of a new public opinion survey ...

Police in Thailand have arrested a woman who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and then ...

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 ...

An investigation into the sudden disappearance of a monk has uncovered a saga of blackmail, sex, extortion, rocking ...

The scandal first surfaced in mid-June when the abbot of the prestigious Wat Tri Thotsathep monastery abruptly left the ...

Wirapol Sukphol, a jet-setting monk known for his lavish lifestyle, made international headlines in 2017 when he was charged ...

Wilawan Emsawat allegedly seduced and blackmailed several Buddhist monks to rake in large payments worth millions of euros ...

According to AP News, the woman, 35-year-old Wilawan Emsawat — known by the nickname Sika Kor, or "Ms. Golf" — had engaged in ...