SEOUL, South KoreaSEOUL, South Korea — Holding umbrellas and pink paper lotus flowers, thousands of South Koreans joyously filled the wet streets of Seoul in an annual festival anticipating Buddha’s ...

When I started my blog about Korea, it was my intention to express my feelings and mood caused by facts, thoughts and memories related to Korea. For this reason I decided to spend some posts on ...

PYEONGTAEK, Gyeonggi Province — Venerable Sukyong seems every bit a solemn Buddhist monk when he beats the drum and sounds the “moktak,” a wooden percussion instrument. But when he grabs a piece of ...

For 300 years, a village in Hue has specialized in making paper flowers that add distinct colors and features to the ancient town's landscape at Tet time. Thanh Tien Village is situated in Phu Mau ...

The sacred lotus flower is an aquatic perennial plant that typically blooms vibrant petals of pink and white shades. It is one of the most beautiful plants to look at, but the lotus flower thrives in ...

Lying downstream of the Huong (Perfume) River, Hue City, the Thanh Tien paper flower making village is 7 km away from the ancient imperial city of Hue and has a history spanning some 300 years. It was ...

A lotus flower may not seem like much to think about at first glance, but first impressions can be misleading. While the plant's symmetry and colors are surely striking, beneath the delicate exterior ...

Over its 300-year history, the Thanh Tien paper flower making village is one of the attractive traditional craft villages in the ancient imperial city of Hue. Lying downstream of the Huong (Perfume) ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Holding umbrellas and pink paper lotus flowers, thousands of South Koreans joyously filled the wet streets of Seoul in an annual festival anticipating Buddha’s birthday the ...