1 hour ago1 hr The Guardian: 27 Mar 2026Buddhist monks’ anti-war rallyNam Sang HyunYonhap News Agency: 17 Mar 2026South Korea’s largest Buddhist order is calling for an end to the U.S.-Israel war against Iran. In an act of peaceful yet fierce protest against the conflict, monks marched slowly but sternly from their main headquarters to the U.S. embassy in Seoul while performing full body prostration. KBS followed the monks on their journey.They held placards reading “stop killing” and “no warship deployment.”A group of some 60 Buddhists marched to the U.S. Embassy in downtown Seoul on Tuesday, holding signs urging an end to the Middle East conflict.Among them were 26 monks who repeatedly performed full-body prostration, pleading for peace, as the protesters walked roughly three kilometers.
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