SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) - A comprehensive survey has revealed that approximately 247,718 Korean cultural artifacts are currently housed outside their country of origin, having left Korea through various means including theft, looting, trade, and gifts. According to a joint report released on February 4 by the National Heritage Administration and the Overseas Korean Cultural [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Obuldo, a depiction of Five Buddhas by 18-century Buddhist monk Uigyeom, was purchased by American artist and teacher Robert Mattielli for $10 at a Seoul antique shop in the early 1970s. What he didn’t know, however, was that it has been stolen from Songgwang Temple earlier in the 1970s. [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Museum of Korea is presenting some 1,400 artifacts of ancient Afghanistan, including a gold crown from Tillya Tepe, an archaeological site in the northern part of the country. “Ancient Afghanistan was an abridged edition of the world,” said a museum official. “The artifacts and their material groups show [...]