Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BANGKOK (Reuters) - A new warrant has been issued for the arrest of an influential Thai Buddhist monk and Thailand's police chief ...

A growing number of women are becoming ordained as novice Buddhist monks at an all-female monastery outside of Bangkok, Thailand. Novice monks have to adopt the Buddhist monastic code and undergo ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Political divisions and allegations of corruption are fuelling an unholy battle for the leadership of Thai Buddhism. Religion is becoming a proxy war for the colour-coded politics ...

Scenes in the film show a monk kissing a woman and taking drugs. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief A Thai horror movie about a Buddhist monk has been banned in the country over alleged disrespect ...

PATHUM THANI, Thailand (Reuters) - A clothing and cosmetics model and a former monk are campaigning together for Thailand's election at a market outside Bangkok. The message: Buddhism is under threat.

It is 5 am and a group of monks have gathered for their morning prayer at Songdhammakalyani monastery. Rhythmic chanting and the smell of incense fill the air as eight saffron robed, bald-headed ...

Reporting from Pathum Thani, Thailand — Somewhere inside a 1,000-acre temple complex north of Bangkok, amid vast symmetrical gardens and a giant pagoda that resembles a gilded flying saucer, an ailing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thailand's head of the National Office for Buddhism Pongporn Pramsaneh, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Bangkok, ...

At the first-ever traditional Buddhist merit-making ceremony to pray for the tens of thousands of elephants poached annually, revered Thai Buddhist leaders will call upon their congregations and other ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two Buddhist monks in Thailand have become social media stars with Facebook livestreams that combine traditional teachings with non-traditional jokes and giggles. Some of the ...

Whatever the result, this week's election is unlikely to resolve the contradiction that has produced a state of rolling crisis in the country's politics. A number of signs suggest Buddhism is at a ...

NAKHON RATCHASIMA – A rogue soldier whose rampage left 29 people dead and dozens more injured in northeastern Thailand terrorized a Buddhist temple on his way to a shopping mall where he held people ...