The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is showing an 18th-century Korean Buddha statue, its first showing of a Buddha statue from Korea. Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, on loan from the National Museum of ...

Severe weather spawns Golden Age of art The Buddha statue unearthed recently in North Korea was sculpted during the Golden Age of Buddhism, which emerged out of an era marked by extreme climate ...

With its eyes closed in eternal prayer, a 1.7-meter-tall statue of a Buddha was unearthed by the Korean Archaeology Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences and the National Authority for the ...

Since then, the unique stone statue of the seated Buddha made around the 9th century A.D. had been placed in a forest behind Cheong Wa Dae, which later became official the presidential house.

An ancient Buddha statue measuring 1.7 meters in height was unearthed at an archaeological site in Yakjon-ri, South Pyongan Province, North Korea, according to Popular Mechanics.

Subsequently, the owner sent the statue to the governor-general's residence on Mt. Nam in Seoul.The statue was later moved to Cheong Wa Dae in 1927 when it became the governor-general's residence.

Jerusalem Post Archaeology Archaeology Around the World 1,000-year-old Buddha statue discovered in North Korea An imposing statue of Amitābha Buddha has been unearthed at Yakjon-ri site, with ...