What one religion in South Korea is doing to attract new followers Churches, temples and monasteries are closing as people in many countries turn away from organized religions. The problem is ...

South Korea's religious circle congratulated Pope Leo XIV on Friday, following his election as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. "All bishops and faithful of the Korean Catholic Church ...

and religion” and found that the government frequently violated violations of human rights that constituted crimes against humanity. The 2022 report found that the North Korean government has ...

The last performance of the evening, though, came as an illustration of how far Buddhists in South Korea are going to tackle issues affecting their religion, such as demographic decline ...

When it comes to religion, Korean Americans are very different from South Koreans, according to a new analysis of Pew Research Center survey data. Korean American adults are nearly twice as likely as ...

A few weeks ago, there were 250-odd Protestant and 35 to 40 Roman Catholic missionaries in Korea. By last week nearly a hundred of the Protestant missionaries had been evacuated to Japan.

(UPDATED) Pew survey of more than 10,000 adults in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam examines Christians’ and Buddhists’ beliefs, practices, and affinity to other traditions.

These findings come from a 2023 Pew Research Center survey of more than 10,000 adults in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. This survey builds on previous Center studies on religion in ...

Around a decade ago, Protestantism overtook Buddhism to become South Korea's largest religion. Yoon Seung-yong, director of the Korea Institute for Religion and Culture in Seoul, says ...