The relocated items include a seated stone Buddha from the now-destroyed Goun temple in Uiseong. The Korea Heritage Service confirmed that Yeongsu Hall and Gaunru Pavilion at the Goun temple were ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...