Smithsonian Magazine3d
South Korea’s Worst Ever Wildfires Ravage Ancient Buddhist Temples and Menace Historic Villages
One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...
Centuries-old Buddhist temple destroyed in ‘unprecedented’ and deadly South Korea wildfires
South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday as authorities ...
Man caring for ancestors’ grave may have ignited huge South Korea wildfire, police say
A South Korean man tending a family grave is suspected of sparking one of the ‘unprecedented’ wildfires that ravaged the ...
Ancient Buddhist Temples Reduced To Rubble In South Korea
Wildfires have ravaged South Korea, reducing Buddhist 1,000-year-old temples to ashes. Buddhist followers are mourning the ...
Pew Research Center5d
3. Religious switching into and out of Buddhism
Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Buddhism, or remained Buddhist since childhood, in six countries. Pew ...
South Korea’s centuries-old Gounsa temple is left in ruins by unprecedented wildfires
Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist ...
South Korea fires latest: 27 killed and 1,000-year-old Buddhist temples destroyed in biggest wildfire on record
More than 35,000 hectares (88,000 acres) have been charred or were still burning in the largest of the fires that began in ...
CNN5d
Centuries-old Buddhist temple destroyed in ‘unprecedented’ and deadly South Korea wildfires
according to photos from the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. Some of the artifacts that were in the historic site, including the seated stone Buddha designated a treasure by the state, were spared ...
Watch: South Korea's wildfire destroys 1,000-year-old Buddhist temple
Videos show the Unramsa Temple ablaze after unprecedented wildfires made worse by wind swept through South Korea, killing at ...