BILOXI, Mississippi — Pisit Opnititanit left Thailand and eventually found his way to a few acres of land next to a cow pasture on Martin Bluff Road in Gautier. The Buddhist monk could have stayed in ...

Thai police have arrested a Buddhist monk over allegations he embezzled more than $9 million from the prominent temple he ran which was funded by donations from devotees. Investigators from the ...

It’s a Friday afternoon on a Thai public holiday in September, and local tourists are out in force in the small city of Lopburi. The attraction? Some 4,500 crab-eating macaques that roam this ancient ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Buddhist monk in Thailand drew criticism after local villagers found him drunkenly passed out and exposed in the local temple.

Thai police have arrested a Buddhist monk, who formerly led a well-known AIDS hospice for nearly three decades, on charges of embezzlement, money laundering, and malfeasance. Major General Withaya ...