Secret video shows Buddhist monks' gambling session
Six leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some monks playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking.
South Korean TV networks aired secretly-shot footage of monks playing poker, some smoking and drinking, after gathering at a luxury lakeside hotel in late April for a fellow monk's memorial service.
The Buddhist monk Seongho, who reported the incident, said the monks had gambled for many hours.
Jinje, the highest spiritual leader of the Jogye order made a public apology vowing "self-repentance".
11 May 2012
- From the section Asia