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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Asia, the most populous continent, boasts a rich tapestry of cultures, religions, and ancient civilizations. From the Indus ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...