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In South Korea, shamans are shunned — and revered
Shamans, the practitioners of an ancient belief system, are often disparaged in South Korea. But they also hold a special ...
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S. Korean temple agrees to return stolen statue to Japan next year
Buseoksa temple, located in South Korea’s South Chungcheong province, announced on Dec. 25 its plan to conduct a 100-day ritual featuring the disputed statue at the temple around the period of ...
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Handover Ceremony for Stolen Buddha Statue Held in S. Korea
Daejeon, South Korea, Jan. 24 (Jiji Press)--A ceremony to return a stolen Buddha statue to a Japanese temple on Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, was held in the central South Korea city of ...
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Stolen Goryeo Buddha statue to be returned to Japan after 13 years
A 14th-century bronze Buddha statue from Korea’s Goryeo-era, stolen by a South Korean theft ring from Kannon Temple on ...
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Goryeo-era Buddha statue, looted by Japan, returns home temporarily after 647 years
A Goryeo-era Buddha Statue, looted by Japanese pirates and later stolen by thieves and brought back to Korea ... public for 100 days at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province ...
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Stolen from Japan, Buddha statue to be returned
A 14th-century Buddhist statue that Korea’s Supreme Court ... it and alerted Buseoksa, the Korean temple believed to be its real owner in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province.
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Return of Buddhist statue to Japan
Return of Buddhist statue to Japan 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 ...