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 ...

Tokyo, March 3 (ENInews)--The Tokyo-based Niwano Peace Foundation has announced it will award its 2011 Peace Prize to Sulak Sivaraksa, a Thai Buddhist leader. The foundation said the presentation ...

In this Monday, Feb. 10, 2020 photo, Buddhist monk Phra Manaswin gestures as he explains a shooting rampage he witnessed at Wat Pa Sattharuam Buddhist temple in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. The ...

BANGKOK — 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 country’s ...

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

(RNS) — As a result of the pandemic, Buddhist monks in Thailand are increasingly providing material goods, such as hot meals and nonperishable items, for laypeople – thereby reversing roles within ...

Venerable Phramaha Suphat Sukyai speaks with other monks on the phone on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, as they prepare for the upcoming Songkran Festival at the Wat Chaimongkolvararam Buddhist temple in ...

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 ...

Theravada Buddhism has been the spiritual backbone of Thai identity for more than two millennia, and still shapes national laws banning alcohol on religious holidays and protecting sacred objects.