Shamans, the practitioners of an ancient belief system, are often disparaged in South Korea. But they also hold a special place in the country’s culture.

Buseoksa temple, located in South Korea’s South Chungcheong province, announced on Dec. 25 its plan to conduct a 100-day ritual featuring the disputed statue at the temple around the period of ...

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However, if you want to be somewhere more laid-back that is close to cultural sites like markets and temples as well as the ocean and the mountains, you might consider South Korea's second-largest ...

Buseoksa temple filed a lawsuit, demanding the statue's return from the South Korean government. It argued that the statue was created as an offering to the South Korean temple around 1330.

There are a variety of ways in which rabbits make their appearance at Korean Buddhist temples. One of these ways is through dancheong, which is a painting style that covers wooden surfaces with a ...

TSUSHIMA, Nagasaki (Japan): A former chief priest of a temple in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, from which a Buddha statue was stolen and taken to South Korea, said he was “relieved” about ...

The festivities extended to space, with Chinese astronauts sending greetings from a space station. Read more at ...

SEOUL: South Korea's heritage authorities announced Friday (Jan 31) that a section of the visitor facilities at Cambodia's ...

The Korean Cultural Center in Thailand provided Korean temple food cooking by Jeongkwan to 111 Thai monks at Wat Arun, most famous temple in Thailand on 3rd October at 10 AM. Jung Kwan, a Korean ...