Meet Sadom Kaewkanjana, who is not just a Thai pro golfer but also an ordained Buddhist monk.

As a privileged “heteronormative Sinhala Buddhist male”, Malinda, a product of S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia, critiques power dynamics in religious institutes and institutes of power. He uses art ...

Historically, Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism posed a major obstacle to colonial rule. Today, it is again perceived as the principal impediment to external intervention and control in the context of ...

Thailand’s Sadom Kaewkanjana holds a fascinating distinction at this week’s British Open. The 27-year-old is the only Buddhist monk in the field this week.

Sadom Kaewkanjana, an ordained Buddhist monk, also happens to be one of the world's best golfers and is contending at the British Open.

Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout questioning their faith.

Kaewkanjana, of Thailand, isn't just an accomplished professional golfer; he's an ordained Buddhist monk. And after one round of the 2025 British Open at Royal Portrush, he's one stroke off the ...

Police in Thailand have arrested a woman who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and then pressured them into making large payments to cover up their intimacy ...

Calling himself a "simple Buddhist monk" who usually didn't celebrate birthdays, the Dalai Lama marked his 90th on Sunday by praying for peace.

At the close of a bitter war in the North and East, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was handed this golden opportunity on a silver platter and squandered it by building walls of ethno-majoritarian ...

Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout questioning their faith.