Mount Paektu, an active stratovolcano straddling the border of North Korea and China, is the highest peak on the Korean peninsula and lies at the heart of North Korea’s foundation myth.

Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.

South Korea sent two helicopters to battle a wildfire inside the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Seoul’s military said Friday, adding it had warned North Korea in advance of its firefighting ...

The Buddha statue unearthed recently in North Korea was sculpted during the Golden Age of Buddhism, which emerged out of an ...

An ancient oak tree thought to be more than 400 years old has been cut down in what has been called a "depressing" and "devastating" incident in north London. The remains of the trunk, surrounded ...

South Korean animated romance “The Square” will close the 27th Far East Film Festival (FEFF) in Udine, Italy. The film will make its world premiere at the festival, which runs April 24-May 2 ...

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