BANGKOK — A small Buddhist temple in northern Thailand has been left without monks after the entire monastery was found to have been using methamphetamine, according to local officials.

Temples in Buddhist-majority Thailand rely heavily on income from ... The arrest from one of the Bangkok suburb's most prominent temples has triggered significant backlash on social media.

The 1,300-year-old finds indicate that the area may have once been a thriving religious center during the Dvaravati era.

Arriving in Bangkok, we did the unexpected ... The city became the center of Buddhism in northern Thailand. The traditional temples we visited left us in awe. The magnificent Wat Phra That ...

Investigators traced funds from the temple on Bangkok’s western outskirts to an illegal online gambling network running baccarat card games, local media said. Temples in Buddhist-majority Thailand ...

Thai police launched a raid Thursday on a wealthy Buddhist temple but failed to arrest its ... As police entered the compound north of Bangkok on Thursday, Buddhist monks were sitting and chanting ...

The Temple of the Reclining Buddha, known as Wat Pho in Thai, is a Buddhist temple complex which ... consult the temple's official website (in Thai). Bangkok by Night: Temples, Markets and Food ...

Wat Chetawan, also known as the Thai Buddhist Chetawan Temple, was established in 1957 ... for structures like the Grand Palace in Bangkok. “It’s all handcrafted,” Phrakru said, pointing ...