China has launched a crackdown on powerful Buddhist monks suspected of misusing temple funds for personal wealth.

Many monasteries lost their properties during the 1950s, while several temples suffered damage in the 1960s and 1970s.

A monk in Bang Lamung was arrested after officers found meth hidden in alms bowls and other items during a raid prompted by a public tip-off.

Thailand’s Sangha Council has reiterated its ban on monks acting as lottery fortune tellers, warning that the practice breaks religious discipline and the law. The reminder comes amid growing concern ...

A group of Tibetan Buddhist monks — from Mundgod, Karnataka in India — are visiting the Island, with plans of blessing the ...

A Buddhist monk who set up a hospice in Thailand for people with HIV/Aids has been arrested for alleged embezzlement of donations to the care home. Luang Phor Alongkot, 65, was arrested Tuesday at his ...

A Buddhist monk famed for establishing a hospice in Thailand for people with HIV/AIDS was arrested on Tuesday over ...

LAMPANG - Police have arrested a 27-year-old man for vehicular manslaughter after he killed a Buddhist monk collecting alms ...

When the nonsectarian Dolma Ling Nunnery transitioned to female leadership earlier this year, for the first time in its three ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A Buddhist monk famed for establishing a hospice in Thailand for people with HIV/AIDS was arrested on Tuesday over allegations of misusing donations for the project. Luang Phor Alongkot ...

Cambodia's leader Hun Manet has accused Thailand of preventing more than 20 families from returning to their homes on the ...