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Ex-ruling party chief visits Buddhist leader

Han Dong-hoon (R), former chief of the ruling People Power Party, talks with Ven. Jinwoo, chief of the Jogye Order, South ...

How Buddhist monks became the face of ethnonationalist violence in Sri Lanka and Myanmar

In The Robe and the Sword, Sonia Faleiro shows how Buddhist revivalism and majoritarianism have been historically intertwined ...
The New York Times

Is South Korea’s ‘Buddhistcore’ Aesthetic a Fad or a Spiritual Awakening?

Young South Koreans are buying Buddhist merch. Monks and experts hope the buzz will translate into deeper engagement. Young South Koreans are buying Buddhist merch ...
The Diplomat

How the CCP Co-opted an Ancient Buddhist Monk

A statue of Kumarajiva in front of the Kizil Caves, in Kuqa, Xinjiang, China. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Yoshi Canopus Kumarajiva, a fourth-century monk and scholar responsible for translating ...