A South Korean court ruled Wednesday that a 14th century Korean Buddhist statue should be sent back to a Japanese temple from where it was stolen in 2012. The statue’s return had been put on hold for ...

South Korea’s largest Buddhist order has called for the immediate withdrawal of a proposed special law that would offer government support for the Church-organized World Youth Day in 2027 ...

Brushing dust off a thick, bound 14th century volume, Professor Robert Buswell stood in his office, surrounded by a chronicled literary history of ancient Buddhist culture. “Sorry if it’s messy in ...

South Korea’s largest Buddhist order has called for the immediate withdrawal of a proposed special law that would offer ...

The weather was simply awful. But the cold, wind and rain didn’t deter thousands of people from attending an annual ritual in downtown Seoul on a recent weekday afternoon. People came to chant the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Yonhap News) ― With more than 80 Buddhist centers ringing California’s San Francisco Bay, the area is hardly bereft of such belief. But two stand out among them, specializing in what ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) has returned a Buddhist scroll painting, The Tenth King of Hell, to Sinheungsa ...

GYERYONG, South Chungcheong Province — There is no better time than fall to visit a Buddhist temple in Korea. Many are nestled in the mountains, providing a refreshing retreat for the body and soul in ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art returned a 16th-century Buddhist painting believed to have been removed from a temple by the ...