Earlier this week, a Buddhist monk in Fukui, Japan, received a traffic ticket for driving in his monastic robe. Though he told the Yomiuri Shimbun he’d been driving that way for 20 years without ...

Monks socially distancing as they go about their daily alms rounds while dressed in face masks as well as robes have become a common sight during the coronavirus pandemic in Thailand. Pictures in Thai ...

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- For most people, spending a day without their cell phone is an impossible feat. To spend 30 days without a phone, writing, reading, talking or even eye contact would seem ...

The well-wishers were celebrating the return of the monk, the Venerable U Pyinya Zawta, 65, whom Myanmar’s junta had ...

They rely on donations of plastic, which can then be recycled into new robes. So far the monks have crushed 88,185 pounds of plastic in two years aiming to curb the litter in the surrounding Chao ...

A motorcyclist in Buddhist monk robes was arrested for driving with a python slung across his shoulder. Prasert Linsamphatwinyan sparked alarm when he raced along a highway with the reptile draped ...

Juggling, skipping, boxing -- just a few of the activities Buddhist monks say they can do while wearing their traditional robes, and they aren't posting these videos on social media to show off, ...

BANGKOK – At a Buddhist temple south of Bangkok, a monk watches as a machine presses down on thousands of water bottles, before a giant bale of crushed plastic rolls out with a thud. The plastic is ...

A college student tried to smuggle drugs to Japan from Cambodia, the Japanese authorities say. The student donned a set of billowing Buddhist monk robes to mask the drugs, per the authorities. The ...

~ Some temples have introduced cafes, art galleries and other innovations to reach out to young people. TOKYO -- Japanese monks and nuns hit the catwalk in Tokyo on Saturday in a bid to spread ...