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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.
Drunk monk crashes pickup
Chudate Seehawong, Published on 10/01/2019
» CHAI NAT: A 67-year-old monk suffered leg and knee injuries when he crashed his pickup truck while driving under the influence of alcohol in Manorom district on Wednesday.
Outspoken monk 'explains' amulets
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/01/2018
» Activist monk Phra Buddha Isara has visited the Crime Suppression Division to try to clear the air over accusations he violated the lese majeste law.
Outspoken monk 'explains' amulets
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 10/01/2018
» Activist monk Phra Buddha Isara has visited the Crime Suppression Division after being accused of lese majeste.
Phetchabun monk defrocked, jailed
Online Reporters, Published on 18/04/2019
» The abbot of a temple in Phetchabun was sentenced to 26 years in prison on money-laundering charges on Wednesday. He was defrocked before being jailed.
Phetchabun monk defrocked, jailed
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 19/04/2019
» The abbot of a temple in Phetchabun was sentenced to 26 years in prison on money-laundering charges on Wednesday. He was defrocked before being jailed.
Remembering a revered monk
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 11/01/2019
» To commemorate the 149th anniversary of the birth of the venerable late monk Phra Ajarn Mun Bhuridatta Mahathera, or Luang Pu Mun, which falls on Jan 20, nine Buddhist temples in Bangkok, the North and the Northeast will host a range of activities, including merit-making and dhamma practice, from Jan 17-21.
Monk treated too harshly
News, Editorial, Published on 01/08/2023
» The warning that the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) gave to a senior monk over his political comments has raised a few eyebrows.
Missing monk mystery deepens
Chinnawat Singha, Published on 24/04/2026
» Police are intensifying efforts to locate an abbot from Ayutthaya who has been missing for more than a month following his last confirmed sighting in a northern province.
Monk nabbed for selling skins
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/02/2020
» An abbot at a temple in Sa Kaeo was arrested yesterday and charged with selling leopard skins and other wildlife products.