A temple in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, earlier this month provided a South Korean temple with 3D image data of a Buddhist ...

The case of Wirapol Sukphol, the infamous “jet-set monk” who was sentenced to over 100 years in prison for fraud, money ...

A 35-year-old woman in Thailand has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing several monks with photos and videos of their ...

Hopes for renewed inter-Korean cooperation grew Monday after North Korea's Kumgangsan was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

Mount Kumgang is North Korea's third World Cultural Heritage site, joining the Complex of Koguryo Tombs inscribed in 2004 and ...

PM Kim visits Buddhist leader Prime Minister Kim Min-seok (L) poses for a photo with Ven. Jinwoo, chief of the Jogye Order, ...

The spiritual ceremony included mandala offerings, long-life prayers, and collective chanting of Guru Yoga by both Tibetan and Korean monks. Lay practitioners and attendees offered ceremonial white ...

South Korea, known for tech giants and luxury cars, is becoming one of the world's most irreligious societies, with nearly 60 ...

A staff member unveils the cover of "Avatamsaka Sutra, Volume 22, Main Text, in Gold on Indigo Paper" during a media briefing ...

South Korea and Japan’s ties have a complicated history but a dispute over a 14th-century Buddhist statue only added to the ...

Just two months after a 14th-century Korean Buddhist statue, previously stolen from a Japanese temple and brought to Korea, ...

On my last trip to Korea I attended a sijo conference held at a hanok, a traditional Korean house, in Changnyeong, a rural center south of Daegu. The hanok complex had a conference center, a ...