The Hiroshima Daibutsu (big Buddha statue) is currently enshrined ... in 67 years to go on public display in July. It is a gilded wooden statue about four meters tall and believed to have been ...

The relocated items include a seated stone Buddha from the now-destroyed Goun ... covered key structures such as South Korea’s oldest wooden building, Geungnakjeon at the Bongjeong temple ...

Hours later much of the temple burned down in one of the deadliest wildfires to hit South Korea -- but the Buddha and the wooden hall it was in survived. All across the country's southeast, officials ...

Hours later much of the temple burned down in one of the deadliest wildfires to hit South Korea – but the Buddha and the wooden hall it was in survived. All across the country’s southeast ...

Raging wildfires have forced South Korea to relocate 15 national treasures and cultural artefacts, including wooden printing blocks and Buddha paintings, from major temples in the North Gyeongsang ...