In Korea the birthday of Buddha is celebrated according to the lunar calendar. This day is called “Seokga tansinil”, meaning "Buddha's birthday" or “Bucheonim osin nal” meaning "the day when the ...

After growing up in a Korean church, he had practiced Zen and ... feels so calm and collected once they see that big Buddha. There’s no magic to it. But you have to be there to feel it.” ...

A Goryeo-era Buddha Statue, looted by Japanese pirates and later stolen by thieves and brought back to Korea, is set to make a temporary return to its original home. The 14th-century Korean ...

Big Buddha is a giant statue of Buddha encased in Burmese alabaster that towers over Phuket from the peak of Mount Nagakerd. Construction on Big Buddha began in 2007, and Phuketians are proud of ...

The nine Korean smugglers who took the statue out of Japan also stole a standing Buddha statue in stone, but Korean prosecutors returned it in 2015, as there was no evidence that it originated in ...