SEOUL—A South Korean temple has reiterated its agreement to return a stolen Buddhist statue to its rightful owner, a Japanese temple, under the condition that a ritual be held in South Korea ...

Jinwoo, the director of the Jogye Order, is scheduled to visit the joint incense altar set up at Muan Sports Park in Muan ...

A temple in South Korea says it will return a Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple after holding a memorial service for it next year. The statue has been designated a tangible cultural ...

The park, which covers more than 30 square miles, is home to towering granite peaks, forest-laden valleys and miles of hiking trails in between, as well as about 100 historic Buddhist temples and ...

BANGKOK, Dec 21 (Reuters) - When two month old Bibeam died in November 2023, the temples in her district ... Asia Pacificcategory South Korea authorities arrive to arrest impeached President ...

Celebrations will echo around the globe as the New Year arrives in different time zones, with American Samoa among the last ...

For a more demanding walk, go to Seoul in South Korea and trek up Namsan to the ... 1,600m hill atop which is a striking 14th century Buddhist temple of the same name and the last leg of the ...

From Sydney to Vladivostok to Mumbai, communities around the world have begun welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges.

From Angkor Wat and Borobudur to the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal, with 54 countries and territories, there are so ...

Jan 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to South Korea, Japan and France from Jan. 4-9, the State Department said on Friday, amid a political crisis in Seoul.

A man is dead after suffering severe burns inside the Watt Buddhacheya Mongkol Buddhist Temple in Lake Ridge, Virginia. Prince William County police said they responded to the scene on Thursday ...

Shunmyo Masuno, a Zen Buddhist monk devotes an entire section of his book, "How to Let Things Go," to how you can avoid making things more difficult for yourself. It may be hard to look on the ...