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Video by Staff Sgt. Christopher Jelle
AFN Sight & Sounds Korea - Gakwonsa Temple
Media Bureau Korea (AFN Pacific)
Dec. 3, 2020 | 0:30
AFN Sights & Sounds highlight a culturally or aesthetically interesting locations near U.S. installations across the Pacific region.

Gakwonsa Temple is located in the Chungcheongnam-do province. The temple was enshrined 1977 to pray for the reunification of North and South Korea. The temple contains a 49ft. tall bronze statue of Buddha, the largest in Korea.
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