At least nine Thai monks have been disrobed after sleeping with an alleged blackmailing seductress who extorted them for ...

Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has ...

Two Benedictine monks, some Indiana Jones-like adventures, and a visit to a Kentucky bourbon maker led a Minnesota man to ...

A third of Buddhist monks tested positive for meth during a surprise raid at a temple in northern Thailand. Six of 18 clergymen were kicked out of the monkhood after failing drug tests at the Wat ...

Newly displayed 1,300-year-old doodles suggest that medieval monastic life wasn’t all about solemn chants and holy scripture.

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

Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has ...

A major scandal has rocked Thailand's Buddhist clergy, with at least 11 monks accused of sexual misconduct and extortion.

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

Thai Police have arrested a woman who squeezed nearly $12 million out of Buddhist monks trying to cover up having broken ...

Nearly all of the money she extorted has been withdrawn, and some of it has been used for online gambling, said the police.