Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...

Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist ...

At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a ...

Rescue efforts are underway especially in the major stricken cities including the capital Naypyitaw, and the country's second ...

Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Zhao Sheng presents his credentials to Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, Sep. 13, 2023. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IEA In a recent ...

A massive, ornate bronze bell sat in the ruins of its tower ... and removing historic items, including Buddha statues. At least 1,566 relics were moved from major temples, including Gounsa ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist temple, ruining two of its three state-design ...

He said that monks and Buddhist faithful managed to move the temple's third “treasure,” a stone Buddha statue reportedly built in the 8th century, to a safe place. “Many buildings were ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist temple complex, burning down two buildings ...