Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has ...

Theravada Buddhism has been the spiritual backbone of Thai identity for more than two millennia, and still shapes national ...

The primary story of Shiva is that of an ascetic who sits atop a stone mountain but who eventually becomes a householder, ...

Following a wave of monk scandals, Paetongtarn Shinawatra pledges bold reforms to restore Buddhism’s damaged public image.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced that Scheduled Caste (SC) certificates obtained fraudulently by ...

Fadnavis further announced the state’s intention to introduce stringent legal provisions to curb religious conversions ...

Women should be prosecuted for having sex with monks, Thai politicians have proposed, amid a nationwide scandal over an ...

A woman has been arrested in Thailand for allegedly enticing senior monks into having sex with her and then pressuring them ...

China's insistence that it will identify the next Dalai Lama foreshadows the chance that followers will have to decide who ...

Paetongtarn Shinawatra pledges to modernise the religion's image, foster understanding between monks and lay followers, and ...