A 14th-century bronze Buddha statue from Korea’s Goryeo-era, stolen by a South Korean theft ring from Kannon Temple on Japan’s Tsushima Island in 2012, will officially be returned to the ...

A Buddha statue stolen in 2012 and taken to South Korea was returned to a temple on Tsushima, ... insisting that it had been looted by "wako" Japanese pirates in the 14th century.

Emerging from the head of the world's tallest bronze Buddha and climbing down to its right ear, two specialist cleaners gave the imposing Japanese statue an annual spruce up to help it look its ...

Seoul – A Buddha statue stolen in 2012 from a temple on Tsushima, an island in Nagasaki Prefecture, was handed over to the Japanese side at a temple in Seosan, central South Korea, on Saturday ...

A 14th-century Buddhist statue that Korea’s Supreme Court ruled should be returned to the Japanese temple that held it before it was smuggled into Korea will be ...

A Goryeo-era Buddha Statue, looted by Japanese pirates and later stolen by thieves and brought back to Korea, is set to make a temporary return to its original home.. The 14th-century Korean ...

At Todai-ji Temple in the city of Nara, an event called ominugui was held on August 7 to clean the national treasure Great Buddha statue. The Great Bu ...

The 32-meter-tall Amitabha Buddha statue is Vietnam’s largest green stone Buddha. The sacred statue is harmoniously designed with a triple-layer lotus pedestal. The statue features traditional ...

Seoul - South Korea has decided to return one of two ancient Buddha statues that were stolen by Korean thieves in Japan three years ago, the prosecutor general's office said Wednesday. Although Japan ...

TOKYO (AP) — A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over ...

Japanese duo spruce up world’s tallest bronze Buddha AFP Published September 10, 2024 . 0. KAZUYOSHI Taguchi cleans the right ear of the giant Buddha statue in Ushiku.—AFP.

A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago has been returned after a long legal battle between Japan and South Korea over its ownership that had ...