Tokyo, March 3 (ENInews)--The Tokyo-based Niwano Peace Foundation has announced it will award its 2011 Peace Prize to Sulak Sivaraksa, a Thai Buddhist leader. The foundation said the presentation ...

On November 1, Thai Deputy Foreign Minister Vijavat Isarabhakdi presided over the Royal Kathina robe offering ceremony at ...

The offering of food and material goods to monks is an essential part of the daily practice of Buddhism in Thailand. The belief is that through the act of giving, lay Buddhists – followers of the ...

The government plans to form a national body to address monk misconduct and online misinformation, following recent religious controversies.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A new warrant has been issued for the arrest of an influential Thai Buddhist monk and Thailand's police chief said on Thursday they would do their best to bring him to justice ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) Political divisions and allegations of corruption are fueling an unholy battle for the leadership of Thai Buddhism. Religion is becoming a proxy war for the color-coded politics that ...

With Buddhism so intimately tied to Thai identity — more than 90 percent adhere to the faith — these misdeeds and what is termed "checkbook Buddhism" have spurred calls in Parliament for curbing the ...

BANGKOK — Two Buddhist monks in Thailand have become social media stars with Facebook livestreams that combine traditional teachings with non-traditional jokes and giggles. Some of the country’s ...

Reporting from Mae Sai, Thailand — Sitting cross-legged on a table outside a labyrinthine cave, a monk meditated in the glow of a burning lamp and silently called on spirits to stop the rainfall. A ...