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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over its ...

SEOUL, South Korea — The deep roots Buddhism has sunk into Korean culture over the past 16 centuries were on display at the annual Lotus Lantern Festival for the Buddha's birthday. It was May, and ...

Nearly 350,000 people in South Korea took part in "temple stays," or an overnight cultural program held at Buddhist temples, ...

On Thursday, representatives of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism visited Yale to present a $1 million gift for Buddhist studies. The donation will be used to bring speakers to campus and sponsor ...

Vol. 14, No. 2, Special Issue: Cross-cultural Currents of East Asian Buddhism in the 17th and 18th Centuries (October 2023), pp. 101-126 (26 pages) Korean Buddhist orthodoxy can be traced to a narrow ...

This is a passage I found impressive in the recently published *Myoeom: A Biography* (Jogye Order Publishing House). The book covers the life and practice of Myoeom (1932–2011), a Buddhist nun widely ...

Kim Kyeong-Ho is an expert in sagyeong, the reproduction by hand of Buddhist sutras. Master Kim sits at a drafting table — bright lights shining down on him — and dozens of people watching him. He’s ...

SEOUL — A South Korean deejay dressed as a Buddhist monk bounced up and down on stage while playing electronic music and shouting: “This too shall pass!” The performance brought cheers from a crowd of ...

TOKYO (AP) — A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over its ...