Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.

Her passion for the Statue of Peace project stems from a deep love of South Korea. As to be expected from someone born in the country of fashion, she is intrigued by South Korean fashion trends as ...

DAEJEON, South Korea--A Buddhist priest from Nagasaki Prefecture demanded the quick return of a statue stolen from his temple a decade ago and smuggled to South Korea in his first court appearance ...

SEOUL (AFP): South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Buddhist temple's claim to a 700-year-old statue purportedly looted from its premises by Japanese pirates in the 14th century ...

Andong, South Korea - At South Korea’s thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire-retardant blanket. Hours later much of the temple ...