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Source: Instagram Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse, one of the disowned sons of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X), has been ordained as a Buddhist monk in Bangkok, marking a significant ...

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A tourist played a friendly game of football with a young Buddhist monk. Wholesome footage shows the visitor kicking the ball towards an orange-robed youngster inside the temple grounds in Bangkok ...

A Buddhist monk was stung to death by angry wild bees during a religious parade in Thailand. Phra Kittisak, 42, was overseeing an ordination procession when the loud music rattled a beehive at a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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There have been some incidents in recent months where many Buddhist monks have confronted the Hindu priest, a Hindu Math appointee, who looks after the pink coloured three temples, adjacent to the ...