If you're looking for a bucket list destination with fascinating cultural experiences and gorgeous scenery, look no further than South Korea ... Bulguksa is a Buddhist temple that dates back ...

SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Faced with a sharp decline in monastic ordinations, South Korea’s Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism is striving to engage ... and singles’ temple stay programs like I’m ...

Changing Ceremony of Royal Guards at Gyeongbokgung Palace, a historic South Korean landmark. Copyright (©Jeon Hyeongjun-Korea Tourism Organization). Once destroyed ...

Shamans, the practitioners of an ancient belief system, are often disparaged in South Korea. But they also hold a special ...

TSUSHIMA, Nagasaki (Japan): A former chief priest of a temple in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, from which a Buddha statue was stolen and taken to South Korea, said he was “relieved” about ...

WASHINGTON − President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Pentagon upset key U.S. ally South Korea Tuesday when he labeled North Korea a "nuclear power" in a statement submitted to a ...

When it opened in 1992 on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil, the Zu Lai temple was the first of its kind in the region. After a major expansion, it now occupies more than 100,000 square feet and is ...

South Korea rebuked President Trump’s remarks calling North Korea a “nuclear power,” raising concern about the relationship between the two countries. “North Korea’s denuclearization ...

American cook and food writer Jody Eddy’s friendship with Shinobu Namae, the chef behind three-Michelin-star Tokyo restaurant L’Effervescence, was ultimately what gained her access to the ...

After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected ...

South Korea’s relationship with the U.S. is rooted in shared values, people-to-people ties, and leading-edge business cooperation. Since the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty in 1953 ...