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Boston Museum Returns Buddhist Relics to S. Korea

SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Buddhist monks reclaimed 14th-century Buddhist relics from a Boston museum in a ceremony on Tuesday (U.S. time), culminating more than a decadelong repatriation efforts by the government and the Buddhist circle. The return was made under a landmark agreement reached in February, in which the Museum of [...]

Boston Museum to Return 14th-century ‘Sarira’ to Korea after 85 Years

SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare and culturally significant “sarira,” the remains of a Buddhist monk from Korea’s 14th-century Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), will return home after more than eight decades in the United States. South Korea’s Cultural Heritage Administration said Tuesday that the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, one of the three biggest [...]