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Police are probing the finances of a Buddhist temple after its abbot was caught in a femme fatale sex scandal in Thailand.
BANGKOK: The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) has released the findings of a new public opinion survey ...
A legal scholar is calling for tighter financial regulation of Buddhist temples, arguing senior monks hold power equivalent ...
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Clergy in need of control, not reform

After a long silence during Thailand's biggest sex scandal in the clergy, the Ecclesiastical Council and the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) have finally spoken out. Their big idea? A new law to ...
The monks in Thailand’s Chaiyaphum province wrap saffron robes around endangered trees to ‘ordain’ them and protect them from ...