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

In the penultimate episode of Asia Society Korea’s UNESCO World Heritage Series, we visited Haeinsa Temple, a site that has been on the ... The buildings are simple in design, without decoration, and ...

South Korea’s supreme court rejected a South Korean temple’s claim to a disputed Buddhist statue, which was stolen from a Japanese temple more than a decade ago. In the ruling on Oct. 26 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Asia Society Korea’s Travel Series helped brush up your historical knowledge last month with a trip to the Independence Hall in Cheonan. This month we will unleash your inner Zen with a temple stay.