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South Korea: Landslides Trigger Seohaean and Seosan-Yeongdeok Expressway Closures

Heavy rainfall triggered landslides along the Dangjin-Daejeon Expressway main line on Thursday, July 17, leading to closures on parts of the Seohaean and Seosan-Yeongdeok Expressways.

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

SEOSAN, South Korea, May 5 Kyodo - Video taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 10, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner. (Kyodo)

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

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2 Rescued, 5 Missing After Vessel Capsizes Off Western South Korea

Handout -Rescuers work at the capsizal site of a vessel in waters off Seosan, about 100 km southwest of Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 30, 2024. Two people were rescued and five others went missing after a vessel carrying cargo and cars capsized off western South Korea, Yonhap news agency said Monday, citing the coast guard. Photo by Coast Guard of South Korea/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

A representative of Buseoksa temple in Seosan, South Korea, speaks to reporters at the Supreme Court in Seoul on Oct. 26, 2023, after the top court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting the South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.

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Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

A representative of Buseoksa temple in Seosan, South Korea, speaks to reporters at the Supreme Court in Seoul on Oct. 26, 2023, after the country's top court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting the South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.

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Stolen Tsushima statue ordered to be released to S. Korean temple

Wonu, chief monk of Buseoksa temple in Seosan, South Korea, speaks to reporters at the Daejeon District Court on Jan. 26, 2017, before the court approved a request by the temple to take delivery of an ancient Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012. The temple has claimed rightful ownership of the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, saying it was made there in the 14th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stolen Tsushima statue ordered to be released to S. Korean temple

Wonu (2nd from R), chief monk of Buseoksa temple in Seosan, South Korea, speaks to reporters at the Daejeon District Court on Jan. 26, 2017, after the court approved a request by the temple to take delivery of an ancient Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012. The temple has claimed rightful ownership of the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, saying it was made there in the 14th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo