Buddhist authorities in China stripped a celebrity Shaolin monk of his office amid a swirl of allegations over the weekend, including a criminal investigation into embezzlement and accusations that he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Buddhist temple in central Thailand has been left without monks after all of its holy men failed drug tests and were defrocked, ...

Dating can be hard in South Korea. A group of monks hope a 30-hour rural retreat can help.

Thailand’s Buddhist clergy is facing a major crisis after a sex and extortion scandal involving at least 11 monks came to light this week. The monks are accused of breaking their celibacy vows and ...

"The temple is now empty of monks," a local official told Agence France-Presse, "and nearby villagers are concerned" Maria Pasquini is a Senior News Editor for PEOPLE, covering Human Interest. She has ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The head monk at a world-famous Buddhist temple in China is under ...

A British man has become the first foreign-born supreme monk in Thailand, after moving to the country almost 50 years ago in ...

Earlier this year, the Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara, a Buddhist monk from Texas, led a Walk for Peace with an international ...

A group of Buddhist monks have been accused of breaking their sacred vows in a big way, after a variety of drugs, pornography, s-- toys, and escort books were all allegedly found at their temple, ...

A Buddhist temple in central Thailand was completely empty on Tuesday after every monk typically stationed at the house of worship tested positive for methamphetamine, district official Boonlert ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police ended their search of Thailand's biggest temple on Friday after laying siege to it for more than three weeks without finding the former abbot, who is wanted for ...