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--(BUSINESS WIRE)--How noble would our daily life be if we could accept our daily as a ritual and our life as a ritual? How could we make our daily lives richer and more sustainable?

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 ...

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 ...

SEOUL (AP) — 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 ...

The largest group of Buddhist monks in South Korea has planned a large rally in capital Seoul in their latest showdown against what they call the government’s discrimination and anti-Buddhist bias.

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 ...

GANGHWA ISLAND, South Korea — Three monks, a horde of reporters and 20 singles looking for love walked into a Buddhist temple. The singles sat on gray mats in the center of the temple’s study hall, ...

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (61 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023) Wonkaksa Temple (260 Clove Rd, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577) Oiji Mi (17 W, 19th St., New York, NY 10011) The Cultural Corps ...

The highly-anticipated lunch option, a Michigan's Best Local Eats, is like a "little sister" to Ji Hye Kim's more formal ...