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The Western idea of dragons is one of ferocity. Arguably, “Game of Thrones” and “House of the Dragon” have had a bit to do with this opinion in recent years. And with this being the Year of the Blue Dragon according to the lunar calendar, it would come to reason that this is a year of some fieriness, especially when one looks at the personality traits associated with people born in the Year of the Dragon. Traits such as confidence and intelligence come to mind.

The Surpeme Court ruled Thursday that a 14th-century Korean Buddhist statue, which had been taken to Japan but was brought back to Korea by thieves in 2012, should be returned to Japan, upholding a lower courts decision.

It ruled that a Japanese temple had legal rights to the statue. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SEOUL (AFP) – South Korea’s Supreme Court yesterday rejected a Buddhist temple’s claim to a 700-year-old statue purportedly looted from its premises by Japanese pirates in the 14th Century, paving the way for the artefact’s return to Japan. The ruling effectively ends the protracted legal dispute over the roughly 50-centimetre statue of a sitting Buddhist […]

An appellate court in South Korea on Wednesday ruled against a Buddhist temple in a civil suit it filed to claim a 14th century statue taken away to Japan centuries ago, and stolen and brought back a decade ago.The 50.5-centimeter-tall Buddhist ...

An appellate court on Wednesday ruled against a Buddhist temple in a civil suit it filed to claim a 14th century statue taken away to Japan centuries ago, and stolen and brought back to South Korea a decade ago.

The head monk of a Buddhist temple in southwestern Japan appeared as a witness in a South Korean court hearing Wednesday and called for the return of a Buddha statue stolen by South Korean thieves in

DAEJEON, South Korea (Kyodo) -- The head monk of a Buddhist temple in southwestern Japan appeared as a witness in a South Korean court hearing Wednesd

The head monk of a Buddhist temple in southwestern Japan appeared as a witness in a South Korean court hearing Wednesday and called for the return of a Buddha statue stolen by South Korean thieves in 2012 but which is also claimed by a temple in the country. S...

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