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Phromsuthi faces Sangha investigation
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/09/2014
» The Supreme Sangha Council (SSC) has ordered an inquiry into the alleged unusual wealth amassed by Wat Sa Ket abbot Phra Phromsuthi.
Buddhists want temple transparency, poll finds
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/09/2014
» Most Buddhists believe temples and monks should be required to declare their assets to the National Buddhism Office, but that temples' income from donations should be tax-exempt, according to a poll published yesterday.
Clergy head tries to quell monk row
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/08/2014
» The acting Supreme Patriarch has attempted to end a conflict between two senior monks at Wat Sa Ket which is believed to have ignited accusations of the abbot's unusual wealth.
Temple rivals were old friends
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 28/08/2014
» A conflict between Phra Phromsuthi, the abbot of Wat Sa Ket, and assistant abbot Phra Phromsitthi, has been brewing, and stirring controversy on the internet, ever since Phra Phromsuthi barred the other monk from handling the temple's donations.
Sangha to probe monk scandal
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/08/2014
» The Sangha Supreme Council has been advised to investigate a scandal involving a senior monk accused of running multi-million-baht businesses and having an intimate relationship with a woman.
Grave matters for elephants
News, Published on 11/04/2014
» Elephants are Thailand’s national symbol. When they take their last breath, they deserve a final resting place that befits an animal of such national importance.
Couples flock to Bang Rak
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/02/2014
» Almost 1,000 brides and grooms flocked to Bang Rak district office in the capital to register their marriages on Valentine’s Day yesterday.
Shuttle boat forced to suspend services
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/10/2013
» The Saen Saep shuttle boat has suspended services after heavy rainfall caused water levels to increase.
Rain brings floods to lower Central, Isan regions
Published on 20/09/2013
» A total of 54 tambons in 17 districts of seven provinces have been hit by flash floods, triggered by continuing heavy rain, according to Chatchai Promlert, director-general of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department.
Controversial monk stripped of his robes
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/07/2013
» Jet-setting monk Wirapol Sukphol's controversy-ridden career in saffron robes drew ingloriously to an end yesterday after his peers in Si Sa Ket province agreed to defrock him for violating Buddhism principles.