The Haeinsa Buddhist monastery complex in the Kaya National Park is of particular importance. The famous more than 80,000 wood printing plates of the “Tripitaka Koreana” are kept here. It is the oldest and most extensive version of the Buddhist textbooks canon of Korean tradition. The monastery is still inhabited. Temple of Haeinsa: Facts Official…
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South Korea 2017
Yearbook 2017 South Korea. After months of political turmoil and massive street protests, the Constitutional Court in March decided to dismiss President Park Geun Hye. In connection with the decision, Park lost its prosecution immunity and was arrested the same month on suspicion of bribery and abuse of power. The background was the revelation that…