Yet the latest scandals in Thailand stand apart, even by that country’s poor record. It was the worst year for the monkhood ...

BANGKOK — The Buddha, in his laughing incarnation, is often depicted with a jolly smile and a giant, quivering belly. That model of plenitude seems ever more apt in Thailand, where the waistlines of ...

CHAIYAPHUM, Thailand – At dusk on July 10, monks at Wat Pasukato temple in northeastern Thailand gathered for a quiet procession to mark Asalha Bucha, a sacred Buddhist holiday that commemorates ...

Buddhist monks turn on electric candles during celebrations at Wat Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani. Thai men are traditionally expected to ordain as monks at least once in their lives for a period ...