WHY IT RATES: Staying at one of these seven Korean Buddhist temples offers travelers a way to learn about the Korean Buddhist culture and get the unique experience of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

A network of sansa Buddhist mountain temples located across Korea's southern provinces has been added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites. This is now the 13th Korean item or site inscribed on ...

There are some 900 traditional Buddhist temples in South Korea – and around 20,000 in total. A visit to any of these local places of worship – many of them centuries old — can be a humbling, calming ...

The Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corporation (KOMSCO) announced on the 10th that it will collaborate with the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism to plan and release a commemorative ...