This UNESCO-designated historic city in South Korea is a massive "museum" with 64 ancient pagodas, over 50 Buddhist statues, ...

SEOUL—A South Korean temple has reiterated its agreement to return a stolen Buddhist statue to its rightful owner, a Japanese temple, under the condition that a ritual be held in South Korea ...

A temple in South Korea says it will return a Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple after holding a memorial service for it next year. The statue has been designated a tangible cultural ...

Buseoksa Temple in the central South Korea city of Seosan plans to give the statue back to Kannonji Temple on Tsushima, an island in Nagasaki Prefecture, after holding a 100-day memorial service ...

Chef Emil spent six days touring around the temples, observing the practices of the monks and nuns, and taking part in culinary demonstrations of Korean temple food. Some of the main characteristics ...

After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected ...

It was a visit to an old Catholic cemetery that shook the life of this Buddhist believer ... Further reading: South Korea launches "Church Everyday" initiative to bring back Catholics In 1886 ...

This week, as South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol remained holed up in his presidential compound, thousands of his supporters guarding the site against attempts to arrest him held up US ...

Buddhist monks belonging to Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, South Korea and Sri Lanka, who are in Islamabad to participate in the International Gandhara Symposium visited Taxila Museum and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol said the rule of law in the country had “completely ...

South Korea's arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol will not attend a new round of questioning by investigators on Friday, his lawyer said, as authorities face an imminent deadline to obtain a warrant ...

Korea’s largest Buddhist sect is ramping up opposition to a bill that would allow the government to fund the hosting of World Youth Day, a Catholic event that Seoul is set to hold in 2027.