Thai Court To Charge Disgraced Ex-Monk With Rape
A Thai court was set Thursday to charge a disgraced ex-monk with raping an under-age girl, fraud and money laundering ...
Tag: Buddhism in Thailand
Thailand To Check Monks’ Bad Habits With ‘smart ID Cards’
Thailand's Buddhist monks could soon be issued "smart ID cards" flagging any drug or criminal records, in the latest move ...
Shorn of Their Locks, Thai Women Join Rebel Monk Ranks
Scissors fly as Thai families surround their daughters to shear off tufts of hair until they are nearly bald -- ...
Red-Faced Thai Cops Admit Monk ‘may Have Escaped’ Temple Siege
An elderly monk wanted for massive fraud may have escaped a three-week siege of his temple, Thai police admitted Saturday, ...
Thai Police End Search of Temple Without Finding Monk
Thai police ended their search of Thailand's biggest temple on Friday after laying siege to it for more than three ...
Thai Monks and Cops In Bizarre Temple Turf War
One side of the temple gate is blocked by cops in blue, the other by rows of bald men in ...
Thai Cops Find Tunnel In Manhunt For Elderly Monk
Thai cops have uncovered secret tunnels running underneath a space-age temple of the controversial Dhammakaya Buddhist sect, as their manhunt ...
Thai Police Raid Dhammakaya Temple In Hunt For Wanted Monk
Thai police have begun searching a Buddhist temple complex in a bid to arrest an influential monk wanted over alleged ...
Cops Surround Scandal-Hit Buddhist Temple After PM Order
Soldiers and police surrounded a scandal-hit Buddhist temple on Bangkok's outskirts early Thursday in apparent preparation for a raid to ...