A former chief priest of a temple in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, from which a Buddha statue was stolen and taken to South ...

North Koreans laid floral tributes at the statues of founding father Kim Il Sung and his son, Kim Jong Il, to mark the Lunar New Year.

Monday marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland. Dozens of survivors of the Nazi camp — ...

South Korean protesters are repurposing traditional flower wreaths and K-pop light sticks as political protest tools amid ...

A Buddha statue stolen in 2012 from Kannonji temple in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, and brought to South Korea was returned ...

Ven. Wonu, chief monk at Buseok Temple in Seosan on South Korea's western coast, speaks at the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage in Daejeon, central South Korea, on Jan. 24, 2025, ...

While the second season of “Squid Game” has new plot twists, one element of the Netflix mega-hit series where contestants ...

South Korea’s impeached president has denied that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month, as he ...

Often nicknamed ‘South Korea’s Disneyland’ by visitors ... One of the most famous treasures is the Geonchil Gwaneumbosal Seated Statue, which is believed to date back to early in the Joseon dynasty.

South Korea’s economy is slowing just as the nation suffered its worst-ever aviation disaster. And Donald Trump is threatening new tariffs while demanding more money for US troops who have ...

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 ...

Yoon had been holed up at South Korea’s fortified presidential residence in a wealthy riverside neighborhood in central Seoul. He was protected by the country’s Secret Service, which has said ...