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AFP, Sep 28, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's largest Buddhist denomination elected a new leader on Friday (Sept 28) in an uncontested vote that did little to dispel anger following years of scandals including senior monks breaking celibacy vows, amassing huge wealth and gambling.
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By Yoon Ja-young, The Korea Times, Sept 29, 2017
Seoul, South Korea -- A former Miss Korea, Keum Na-na, won this year's Buddhist Prize by the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, along with three other participants, on Buddha's Birthday.
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By Guy Taylor, The Washington Times, May 7, 2017
SEONGJU, South Korea -- Buddhist monks in this hillside county 135 miles south of Seoul have spent the past 59 days in a nonstop meditation protest along a road leading to where the U.S. military recently positioned an anti-ballistic missile system designed to counter the threat of incoming warheads from North Korea.
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By Yoon Ja-young, Korea Times, May 5, 2017
Seoul, South Korea -- A former Miss Korea, Keum Na-na, won this year's Buddhist Prize by the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, along with three other participants, on Buddha's Birthday, Wednesday.
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By Matthew Bell, WVXU, Apr 26, 2017
South Korean Buddhists gather every year to recite the Diamond Sutra with monks from the Jogye Temple in Seoul. This year was special, with a presidential election coming up on May 9th.
Seoul, South Korea -- The weather was simply awful. But the cold, wind and rain didn’t deter thousands of people from attending an annual ritual in downtown Seoul on a recent weekday afternoon.
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by LAKSHMI SINGH, NPR, February 11, 2017
Buddhist monk Haemin Sunim became Twitter-famous with his tweets about faith and mindfulness. His book, a compilation of tweets, went viral in South Korea, and the American edition is out now.
Seoul, South Korea -- It's a tale as old as Twitter.
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By Chang Dong-woo, Yonhap News, Jan 25, 2017
SEOUL, South Korea -- Korean Buddhism's monk-centric culture may be a major reason behind a steep drop in the country's Buddhist population in the last decade or so, a religious expert argued Wednesday.
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By Ock Hyun-ju, Korea Herald, Oct 23, 2016
Seoul, South Korea -- One Saturday morning, passers-by curiously turned their heads as a group of people in white robes began to collectively pray, strike a gong and sound a wooden percussion instrument in central Seoul.
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by Emi Hayakawa, Buddhist True Network (BTN), August 2, 2016
Seoul, South Korea -- On July 28 2016, Harvard-educated American Zen Buddhist monk Hyon Gak sunim, the current abbot of Bulyee Seon Center in Germany, uploaded a strong message on his Facebook account outlining various problems besetting Korean Buddhism.
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The Seoul Times, May 21, 2016
Ven. Donghwi of Yeoraesa Temple Enlightens World
Seoul, South Korea -- A variety of lotus lanterns are hung at a Buddhist temple in Seoul on the occasion of Buddha's birthday, which falls on May 14 in 2016.
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3rd Buddhist Retreat by Chuyen Tu Monastery held in Korea
