Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this March 4, 2015, file photo, Thai Buddhist gather at Wat Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, for ...

The Supreme Sangha Council has paid a high price for protecting the controversial Dhammakaya abbot and his empire. Now the tsunami of public anger is on the archaic body with roaring calls from all ...

For nearly a month, the temple was under siege by more than 3,000 troops and police officers It’s more than eight times bigger than Vatican City and twice the size of Cambodia’s ancient Angkor Wat, ...

A controversial branch of Thai Buddhism has apparently mocked police searching for its fugitive founder by placing pillows under his blanket to resemble a human form. Police spent a second day ...

The National Reform Council's Buddhism protection committee has urged for an investigation into the assets of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and those of its abbot and associates. Paibul Nititawan, head of the ...

Ruling junta has kept Dhammakaya temple under siege for nearly three weeks in bid to find monk wanted for money laundering Thailand’s highest religious body has begun a process that could defrock a ...

More than 100 Thai police officers failed in an effort Thursday to have the abbot of a controversial Buddhist temple arrested, after they were blocked by around 10,000 followers. The attempted arrest ...

Thousands of supporters of a wealthy and controversial Thai Buddhist temple have gathered at its space-age headquarters north of Bangkok, as police attempt to arrest the abbot on fraud charges. For ...

Thailand's Dhammakaya sect attempted to break a Guinness World Record for the largest flaming image to commemorate Earth Day AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA Buddhist monks chanted around a spaceship-shaped ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police failed to find a fugitive monk wanted on money laundering charges after searching all of the country's biggest temple over two days, police said on Friday (Feb 17).

A soldier walks next to a Buddhist monk during an inspection of the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple, in Pathum Thani province, Thailand (March 10, 2017). Credit: REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom Last month was ...