Though sandstone succumbs easily to the chisel, it erodes quickly in rain. The survival of this Buddha and its grottoes, like ...

The giant Buddha statue is carved into a cliff of sandy rocks at the Tianti Mountain, separated by a dam in the Huangyang River Reservoir in Wuwei, Gansu province. SHEN LONGQUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY ...

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 burned down in one of the ...

Wind-driven wildfires in South Korea's southern regions have killed at least 24 people, forced thousands to evacuate, and ...

Wind-driven wildfires that were among South Korea’s worst ever were ravaging the country’s southern regions, killing 24 ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts ...

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

With its grand architecture and a 49-foot-tall Buddha statue, Thiksey is the Ladakhi version of Tibet’s Potala Palace. The morning prayer ceremonies here are a surreal experience—if you can ...

Some of the temple’s treasures, including a stone Buddha statue, were evacuated before the fire reached the wooden buildings. The Korea Forest Service said it had raised its wildfire warning to ...

There were no immediate reports of injuries, and some of the temple’s national treasures, including a stone Buddha statue, were evacuated before the fire reached the wooden buildings.