The abbot of Wat Nakhon Sawan, who was also the ecclesiastical chief in this lower northern province, left the monkhood just ...

A prominent monk implicated in an alleged embezzlement case involving temple funds and affairs with a woman is based outside of Bangkok, a senior police officer said on Saturday.The case is also ...

Police are investigating a high-ranking monk over allegations he embezzled hundreds of millions of baht in temple donations and engaged in an inappropriate romantic relationship, in a case reminiscent ...

Phra Theppacharaporn, now known as Sompong -- who allegedly transferred 380,000 baht from temple funds to Ms Wilawan.Police pressed two charges: embezzlement by a state official under Section 147 of ...

BANGKOK, July 16 — A woman accused of seducing senior Buddhist monks and blackmailing them into paying large sums of money ...

A major scandal has erupted in Thailand involving Wilawan Emsawat, accused of blackmailing senior Buddhist monks through ...

Investigators of the Thailand Police who searched her house found more than 80,000 photos and videos used to blackmail the ...

The controversy erupted after Phra Thep Wachirapamok—widely known as Arch—the highly respected abbot of Bangkok’s Wat Tri ...

Thai police have arrested a woman who allegedly had sexual relations with monks, and then used photos and videos of the acts ...

The sex scandal involving senior monks continues to escalate as two more are defrocked, raising serious concerns about the ...

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