In Korea, despite the country not having a state religion, Buddha’s Birthday is observed as a public holiday. But how did the day attain its designation?

An ancient Buddha statue measuring 1.7 meters in height was unearthed at an archaeological site in Yakjon-ri, South Pyongan Province, North Korea, according to Popular Mechanics. The discovery ...

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 ...

(AP) – The birthday of Buddha is a holy occasion for all Buddhists, but is celebrated on different dates depending on the school of Buddhism or country to which one belongs.

In Japan, April 8 is observed as Buddha’s birthday and is celebrated in Buddhist temples as Hana Matsuri, which means flower festival. On this day, a small “flower hall” is set up on temple ...

Archaeologists discovered an ancient Buddha statue at a North Korean site, which is about a thousand years old. Researchers at the Korean Archaeology Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences ...

At an archaeological site in Yakjon-ri, South Phyongan Province, North Korea, researchers unearthed a monumental sculpture of the Buddha Amitābha, which translates to Buddha of Boundless Light ...

At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire-retardant blanket. "It is very heartbreaking and painful to see the precious ...

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 ...