New accusations involving illicit sex and blackmail have shaken the nation and opened a debate on the privileges monks enjoy ...

At least nine abbots and senior monks involved in the scandal have been disrobed and cast out of the monkhood, police said.

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

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

Police in Thailand have arrested a woman who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and then ...

A high-ranking Buddhist monk has stepped down from his leadership positions and subsequently disrobed following allegations ...

Wilawan Emsawat allegedly seduced and blackmailed several Buddhist monks to rake in large payments worth millions of euros ...

The scandal came to light when a well-known abbot fled to Laos, reportedly after refusing to pay a seven-million-baht demand.

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

Kaewkanjana has won three times on the Asian Tour and five times on the Thailand Golf Tour. He played in two PGA ...

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

Wirapol Sukphol, a jet-setting monk known for his lavish lifestyle, made international headlines in 2017 when he was charged ...