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

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

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

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

Nine monks, including high-ranking abbots from well-known temples, have since been defrocked. At least two have gone into ...

An investigation into the sudden disappearance of a monk has uncovered a saga of blackmail, sex, extortion, rocking ...

The scandal first surfaced in mid-June when the abbot of the prestigious Wat Tri Thotsathep monastery abruptly left the ...

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

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 ...

Police arrested Wilawan Emsawat for allegedly seducing several high-profile monks in Thailand and blackmailing them for money ...

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