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Parties silent on temple corruption
Editorial, Published on 18/01/2026
» The monk scandals that shocked Thailand in 2025 are not the result of moral lapses among clerics. They are the outcome of decades of governance failure. Addressing them requires political solutions. As the country prepares to form a new government in the coming months, there is hope for policy, not religious excuses.
US ends protection for Somalis amid escalating migrant crackdown
AFP, Published on 14/01/2026
» MINNEAPOLIS — The United States said Tuesday it would end a special protected status for Somalis, telling them they must leave the country by mid-March under an escalating crackdown on the community.
Police put to the test
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/12/2025
» In 2025, Thailand faced a convergence of crimes and scandals that shook public confidence in institutions meant to protect society. From a deadly mass shooting in Bangkok to sprawling online scam networks, monk misconduct and a senior police scandal, the year exposed deep vulnerabilities linked to crime, governance and accountability, leaving lingering questions about reform and public trust.
Sangha scandal: A year of shattered faith
Post Reporters, Published on 25/12/2025
» In 2025, Thailand’s Buddhist establishment came under its most intense legal and institutional scrutiny in decades, following a wave of confirmed criminal investigations involving senior monks nationwide.
China's scandal-hit Shaolin Temple urged to draw clear line between business and religion
Published on 16/12/2025
» The Communist Party chief of Henan province has made an impromptu visit to the famed Shaolin Temple, whose former abbot was rounded up on corruption charges earlier this year, and called for a clear boundary between the temple and business.
Thai Life agent has licence cancelled
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 12/12/2025
» The Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) has revoked the licence of a life insurance agent of Thai Life Insurance Plc, after uncovering a large-scale premium fraud scheme that caused losses estimated in the hundreds of millions of baht.
PC Plod visits female monks
Oped, Editorial, Published on 30/11/2025
» Barely a week after the Anutin government issued its new ministerial regulations to "protect" Buddhism, police last week showed up at a Bhikkhuni monastery in Songkhla.
Juan Ponce Enrile, architect of Philippine martial law, dies at 101: daughter
AFP, Published on 13/11/2025
» MANILA - Juan Ponce Enrile, a shrewd political operator who helped usher in the darkest repression of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos's rule, died on Thursday at the age of 101, his daughter said.
Assets worth B10bn retrieved for embezzled Aids hospice temple
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/11/2025
» Police have retrieved assets worth about 10 billion baht acquired earlier with donations embezzled from the Aids hospice temple, Wat Phrabat Namphu, in Lop Buri province.
Ex-hospital chief held over fund fraud
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/10/2025
» A former director of a tambon health promotion hospital in Nonthaburi was arrested yesterday on charges of forgery and embezzlement involving more than 650,000 baht from the national health insurance fund.