Thailand News News Thailand » Religion: Scandal in the Sangha
The first hint of scandal at Wat Rai Khing (Temple on the Ginger Farm) was the arrest of the head monk in May. The 70-year-old abbot of the Buddhist monastery near Bangkok was accused of ...
News Thailand » Religion: Is Thailand’s Buddhist Sangha Undergoing a Political Sea Change?
On November 11, 2020, Thailand’s Buddhist governing body, the Supreme Sangha Council, ruled that monks were forbidden to take part in the wave of protests against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s ...
News Thailand » Religion: Spurred by Myanmar radicals, Thai Buddhists push for state religion status
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A campaign to enshrine Buddhism as Thailand's state religion has been galvanized by a radical Buddhist movement in neighbouring Myanmar that is accused of stoking religious tension ...
News Thailand » Religion: Thai police say Chinese church members to be deported soon
BANGKOK (AP) — More than 60 self-exiled members of a Chinese Christian church who were detained in Thailand after receiving U.N. refugee status will be deported by next week, probably to a third ...
News Thailand » Religion: Thailand's 'no disrespect, religion' clarification over Lord Vishnu statue's demolition as India voices concern
A day after India voiced concern over the demolition of Lord Vishnu's statue amid the Thailand-Cambodia border clashes, Thailand issued a statement saying the structure was not a registered place of ...
News Thailand » Religion: Thailand Warns of Religion-Tourism Scam as ‘Sacred’ Idol Appears
Thailand’s government warned its citizens and tourists to exercise prudence before worshiping any “sacred” idols, a move prompted by the recent installation in Bangkok of a sculpture with religious ...