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

A BRITISH man born on the Isle of Wight has made history as the world’s most senior foreign-born Buddhist monk. Shaun Michael ...

BANGKOK — Two Buddhist monks in Thailand have become social media stars with Facebook livestreams that combine traditional teachings with non-traditional jokes and giggles. Some of the country’s ...

A man from the Isle of Wight has made history by becoming the first foreigner to reach the second-highest rank in Thai ...

Tragedy struck in Thailand when at least nine Buddhist monks were killed after an 11-year-old boy crashed his family’s pickup truck into a pilgrimage procession. CNN reported on Thursday, July 2, ...

BANGKOK — Catholics and Buddhists share should work together to advance the cause of mercy in the world, Pope Francis said Thursday during a historic meeting with the supreme Buddhist patriarch of ...

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 ...

While the new 2017 Thailand Constitution still supports Buddhism and other religions, the other two objectives have been replaced by a new mandate. In order to protect Buddhism, the Constitution ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Under growing pressure from Thailand's military government, and their own religious bodies, Buddhist monks have launched a fresh round of reforms in recent weeks to clean up ...

The 68-year-old, who was born Shaun Michael Chiverton on the Isle of Wight before becoming the monk Ajahn Jayasaro, was ...