Culture Minister Chae Hwi-young places a flower in front of an altar of Ven. Myeongjin, a former chief of Bongeun Temple, at a hall of the temple, affiliated with the Jogye Order, South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, in Seoul on Aug. 24, 2026. The monk died at age 76 on Aug. 22 after a maritime accident presumed to have taken place while practicing free diving off the southern resort island of Jeju. (Yonhap)

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