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Ex-reporter presses DSI on temple scandal
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 21/08/2025
» A former journalist has filed a petition with the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) requesting it accept the Wat Phrabat Namphu controversy as a special case.
Zoo body slams monastery's use of hippo
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/11/2024
» The Zoological Park Organization has slammed a Buddhist monastery for using the image of "Moo Deng", the pygmy hippo and social media sensation, to produce Moo Deng trinkets used as sacred objects for wealth.
Hilltop plot in Thailand's Phuket seized after deadly landslides
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 01/09/2024
» The Royal Forest Department (RFD) on Saturday seized about 5 rai of land at the top of Nak Koet hill in Phuket's Muang district believed to be linked to the Aug 23 landslides that killed 13 people.
Archaeological site in Korat gets support
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 16/06/2024
» Further archaeological excavation will be undertaken at a site where three ancient human skeletons were found in downtown Muang district of Nakhon Ratchasima late last month, says the Culture Ministry.
Monks caught in poaching scandal
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/06/2024
» Sex and money scandals among rogue monks are old news, barely raising an eyebrow any more. What's grabbing headlines now? Monks involved in wildlife poaching.
Islanders rail against national park order
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 07/03/2024
» SURAT THANI: Locals from Koh Taen in Koh Samui district submitted a petition on Wednesday against a plan by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation (DNP) to include the island and neighbouring area in the soon-to-be-established Hat Khanom-Mu Koh Thale Tai National Park.
Disgraced ex-police chief of Saudi jewels case fame dies
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 26/11/2023
» Chalor Kerdthes, the ex-police commissioner convicted of murder in connection with the high-profile Saudi royal jewellery theft case almost three decades ago, died on Friday at the age of 85.
Prosecutor sent death threat amid inmate escape investigations
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 02/11/2023
» The Songkhla provincial prosecutor filed a report with police after receiving a life-threatening letter from a close friend of Chaowalit Thongduang, a prisoner who fled from Nakhon Si Thammarat Hospital on Oct 22.
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.
CIB mulls temple fund investigations
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/05/2023
» The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has assigned the Anti-Corruption Division (ACD) to work with the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) to put an end to financial crimes and sexual misconduct by monks.