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Disgraced Wat Rai Khing abbot disrobbed over B300m embezzlement
Published on 16/05/2025
» Phra Thamma Wachiranuwat, disgraced abbot of Wat Rak Khing in Thailand's Nakhon Pathom province, has been disrobed for allegedly embezzling 300 million baht from temple funds to gamble online while police widen the investigation to find more evidence about gambling websites and those involved.
Broker arrested in Pattaya over funds from Wat Rai Khing abbot
News, Online Reporters, Published on 15/05/2025
» Authorities in Pattaya have arrested a broker linked to an online gambling network who received illicit funds from Wat Rai Khing’s abbot, who surrendered to police to assert his innocence.
Elderly abbot accused of B300m embezzlement
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/05/2025
» A 70-year-old abbot accused of embezzling 300 million baht from a famous Buddhist temple and using it for gambling turned himself in to police in Bangkok on Thursday, just as they were about to seek a warrant for his arrest.
ThaiBev Pays Tribute to the Late Pope Francis
Published on 26/04/2025
» His Excellency Archbishop Peter Bryan Wells, Apostolic Nuncio to the Kingdom of Thailand and Cambodia and Papal Representative to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, graciously received Mr Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi, Chief Executive Officer of Thai Beverage Public Company Limited (ThaiBev), together with Professor Dr Apinan Poshyananda, Mr Dusit Khemasakchai, Mr Nitikorn Kraivixien, Mr Wirat Meksamphan, and Mr Patrick Horatanachai, who paid tribute to His Holiness Pope Francis at the Apostolic Nunciature in Thailand.
Bangladesh monastery a haven of harmony after unrest
AFP, Published on 26/03/2025
» DHAKA - A Buddhist monastery in Bangladesh has found renown for opening its doors to the needy during Ramadan — a beacon of interfaith harmony in a time of religious tension.
Monk 'hired' exam proxy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/03/2025
» Prime Minister's Office Minister Chusak Sirinil has called for criminal charges to be filed against a senior monk from Chiang Mai who hired a fellow monk to sit a level-five Pali examination for him in Bangkok.
Bangkok and Honolulu Reignite Sister-City Council Partnership
Published on 25/02/2025
» In a key move, Dr John (Surachit Phongsinghvithya), Chairman of the Bangkok Metropolitan Council, led a delegation to Honolulu, Hawaii, where they met Mr Tommy Waters, Chairman and Presiding Officer for District IV of the Honolulu City Council. This marks the first time in 10 years that Bangkok has taken steps to revive a sister-city council partnership, opening the door for closer cooperation between the two cities.
Thaksin heads to South for security talks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/02/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will visit Narathiwat on Sunday in his capacity as an informal adviser to the Asean chair to discuss security issues with officials in the deep South, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Wednesday.
Freed Thai hostages ‘won’t be going back’
Post Reporters, Published on 11/02/2025
» After arriving home safely over the weekend, the five Thai nationals who were held captive by Hamas in Gaza for over a year thanked everyone involved in securing their freedom and insisted they would not be returning to work overseas.
Learning at druggie Dad's knee; pod puzzle; picky jogger thief
News, Mae Moo, Published on 26/01/2025
» They start early, these days