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, ...

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 ...

Thai police have raided the country's biggest and wealthiest Buddhist temple to search for an influential monk wanted on charges of money laundering and accepting £32m ($40m) in embezzled money.

Thai authorities have ordered a controversial Buddhist temple to suspend its 24-hour TV channel, as police redouble efforts to arrest the spiritual leader of the scandal-hit sect. A cat-and-mouse game ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BANGKOK – It's more than eight times bigger than Vatican City and twice the size of Cambodia's ancient Angkor Wat, making it quite possibly the world's biggest religious complex. Yet few non-Buddhists ...