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Buddhist Priest Arrested for Allegedly Paying for Sex with an Underage Girl
“We’re extremely shocked by this news,” his temple said.
A Buddhist Card Shark Who Won $600K at a Poker Tourney Is Giving It All Away
"Being a practitioner of Buddhism, we sit around and meditate a lot—and that's free."
A Buddhist Monk was Arrested for Having Chemsex Parties in his Temple
Police raided the monk's temple and found amphetamines, porn, and a 'holy water' bottle filled with lube.
A Rohingya Refugee Crossed Two International Borders With His High School Sweetheart
For Abdullah, India was the land of religious brotherhood, Bollywood, and Divya Bharti.
This Tokyo Bar Is Run by Buddhist Monks
For 17 years, Vowz Bar has been serving cocktails with a side of Buddhist philosophy, offering drinks with names like Mugen-Jigoku (Never-Ending Suffering in Hell) as well as medicinal liquors infused with turtles and snakes.
Buddhist Monk Caught Hiding 4 Million Methamphetamine Pills in His Monastery
Myanmar is cracking down on drug trafficking, and not even monks are safe.
The ‘Body Bakery’ Gives a New Meaning to Eating Face
Forget macabre-looking cakes—Kittiwat Un-ar-rom's been baking bodies out of bread.
Left For Dead: Myanmar’s Muslim Minority (Full Length)
VICE News heads to Myanmar to investigate the violence and discrimination faced by the country's Muslim minority.
Is the UN Failing the Rohingya? - Left For Dead (Part 3)
In the final part of our three-part series, VICE News correspondent Danny Gold reveals leaked internal UN documents that suggest an effort to keep concerns about the Rohingya quiet.
'The Buddha Said All Were Equal': Thailand's Female Monks Fight for Recognition
Thailand's conservative Buddhist clergy refuses to acknowledge women who want to become monks. But that hasn't deterred an increasing number of female monks who are striking out on their own.
Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Left For Dead (Part 2)
In part two of our three-part series, VICE News correspondent Danny Gold speaks to a police informant in neighboring Thailand about the discovery of mass graves that have been tied to human trafficking.