Buddhist monks and mourners watch the cremation of Ven. Myeongjin, a former chief of Seoul's Bongeun Temple, affiliated with the Jogye Order, the largest Buddhist body in South Korea, at Beopju Temple in Boeun, North Chungcheong Province, central South Korea, on Aug. 25, 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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