Foreign couple fined for posting unsuitable photo
TOURIST police tracked down and arrested a Serbian couple for posting an unsuitable photo they took at the Emerald Buddha
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Monk defrocked for sex in temple
A 48-year-old Buddhist monk was defrocked this morning (Feb. 11) after he was caught having sex with a 44-year-old woman
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Abbot makes steel donation box to deter thieves
TIRED of thieves stealing money from two wooden donation boxes in his temple, the abbot of Uposataram Temple in the
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New abbot for Dhammakaya Temple
THE deputy abbot of Dhammakaya Temple has been appointed as chief abbot by the Ecclesiastical Council of Pathum Thani Province.
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Police hunting for man who swindled temple
POLICE in northern Lampang province are hunting for a man who tricked a temple into arranging a funeral for his
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Monks and monkeys share flood misery
THE current flood disaster in the central Thai province of Nakhon Sawan has strengthened the bond of friendship between local
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Monk electrocuted while cleaning temple
A 52-year-old Buddhist monk was electrocuted while cleaning the grounds of his temple in the coastal Thai district of Si
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Old murals, Buddha images damaged in temple fire
BEAUTIFUL old murals and sacred Buddha images were heavily damaged in a fire at the ordination hall of an old
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Coin wall temple puts losing lottery tickets to use
THE abbot of Wat Thung Kled in Prachuab Kriri Khan province who is famous for decorating his chapel walls with baht
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Temple boy kills abbot, takes cash to buy drugs
AN 18-year-old temple boy was arrested and charged with murdering the abbot of Phuhinkong Temple in the northeastern Thai province
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