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Chousak eyes action over temple fraud
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 20/05/2025
» Prime Minister's Office Minister Chousak Sirinil has told the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) to work with the Thai Sangha Supreme Council to prevent fraud at other temples following the financial scandal involving a former abbot at Wat Rai Khing.
No small beef
Postbag, Published on 12/05/2025
» Re: "Tariffs to have far-reaching hit: Bank of Thailand," (BP, May 10).
Rethink the South
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/05/2025
» Re: "Govt 'ready for new talks' on peace in deep South", (BP, May 7).
Former chief of National Office of Buddhism held in US
Published on 13/04/2025
» A former chief of the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) accused of embezzling temple funds has been arrested in Texas, according to a source.
Buddha Monthon park isn't state land: court ruling
News, Published on 20/03/2025
» The Central Administrative Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) that the 2,500 rai of disputed land at Buddha Monthon park in Buddha Monthon district of Nakhon Pathom is "central religious property", not state land as some believe.
More action sought against 'Buddha's son'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/03/2025
» A former Democrat MP Tankhun Jitt-itsara is urging the authorities to take further action against the so-called mind-connection cult after a picture of its nine-year-old leader claiming to be a son of Lord Buddha resurfaced online.
Why racial labels?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/01/2025
» Re: "Indian man 'kills delivery man'", (BP, Jan 23).
Official suspected of graft
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/01/2025
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has accused a senior National Office of Buddhism (NOB) official of having unusual wealth since 2009.
Thai monks lose over B1bn to stock fraud
Post Reporters, Published on 21/10/2024
» Thailand's National Office of Buddhism (NOB) has been instructed to investigate an alleged pyramid scheme in which monks were duped into investing in bogus stock in the northeast, causing damages worth more than a billion baht.
HIV tests for would-be monks set to be scrapped
News, Published on 01/06/2024
» The Sangha Supreme Council has agreed with a proposal by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to prohibit temples from requiring men to pass an HIV test before they are ordained, citing the reason that it is not a chronic infectious disease.