A Buddhist painting from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) believed to have been removed by U.S. forces during the Korean War ...
According to the Yonhap news agency, the painting was "illicitly" taken from the temple in 1954. By that point, the Korean ...
The abbot was an underground leader of anti-military protests in 2007 known as the “Saffron Revolution,” a name linked to the color of the robes traditionally worn by Buddhist monks. He recalled the ...