SEOUL — South Korea’s traditional celebration of the Buddha’s birthday peaks Sunday in a variety of colorful events, with the largest festivities taking place downtown. City ...

In Ipoh, Malaysia, devotees unveiled a giant sacred “Thangka” canvas measuring 60 meters (197 feet) by 12 meters (39 feet) as devotees walked under it to receive blessings and to rejuvenate ...

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 ...

With its eyes closed in eternal prayer, a 1.7-meter-tall statue of a Buddha was unearthed by the Korean Archaeology Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences and the National Authority for the ...

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 ...