At the end of the 1392-1910 Joseon Kingdom, and with the growing influence of Japan and Japanese Buddhism on the Korean Peninsula, Korean Buddhism faced the double threat of the continuation of centuries of persecution and marginalization by their own government and having their own traditions hijacked and supplanted by foreign traditions.
The ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Tuesday proposed applying the alternative holiday bill to Christmas and Buddha s Birthday, allowing the designation of a substitute holiday for the two public holidays when they fall on weekends.
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