Jang Bo-go and the Rise and Fall of Unified Silla

“As a general, he eliminated Chinese pirates attacking Korea’s coast and made his country prosperous through active trade.”

Photo Essay: Master Su San Funeral Procession

Su San, the most revered Seon (Zen) Buddhist monk since Beop Jeong, died in 2012, and in a snowy funeral at Baegyansa, a temple well-known to Gwangju residents for its fall colors, streams, and ponds, hundreds of people paid their respects.