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

The K-Ricebelt project, which uses domestic technology to resolve food shortages in Africa, has gained global notice for its ... three countries where Korean rice seeds had yields 23% higher than ...

One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...

A number of heritage pieces, including Buddha statues, were removed from historic sites threatened by the blazes in the southeast of the country, according to the Korea Heritage Service.

The Korea Heritage service said that artefacts such as a stone Buddha statue had been removed before the fire reached the temple, in an announcement on social media. Elsewhere, among the 27,000 ...

Andong, South Korea - At South Korea’s thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a ... the blaze found the north side of the building razed ...

(Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) At South Korea’s thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with ... the blaze found the north side of the ...

Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, is one of the tallest unoccupied buildings in the world. Construction on the "Hotel of Doom" began in 1987 and has stopped and started several times.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices wrapped up a first day of proceedings Tuesday to determine whether former President Jair Bolsonaro and close allies will stand ...

Workers at a local temple were attempting to move historical artefacts and cover up Buddhist statues to protect them from possible damage. The Korea Forest Service said the containment rate for ...

The Korea-Africa Foundation (KAF), in collaboration with PEN ... Already active in Uganda, Sherpa Space now targets North Africa. Blending medical tech with precision livestock farming, BODIT uses ...