South Korea Can Keep Buddha Statue Stolen From Japan, Court Says

Choe Sang-Hun (2017). South Korea Can Keep Buddha Statue Stolen From Japan, Court Says. The New York Times. 26 January.

Title South Korea Can Keep Buddha Statue Stolen From Japan, Court Says
Publication Date 26th Jan 2017
Author
Source The New York Times
Country South Korea, Japan
Region South and East Asia
Art type Sacred Art
Subject Theft, Return
Comments "A court ruled Thursday that a South Korean temple can have a Buddha statue that was stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012, on the grounds that it had been taken from Korea centuries earlier by Japanese pirates."
Link https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/world/asia/south-korea-japan-buddha-statue.html
Permalink https://web.archive.org/web/20170127062347/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/world/asia/south-korea-japan-buddha-statue.html