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Korea's largest Buddhist sect in chaos

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Jogye Order wrestling with decades-old factional strife

By Kang Hyun-kyung

Under the monster heat wave that has gripped the nation for weeks, Venerable Seoljo, 88, has gone on a hunger strike.

His fast ? albeit he drinks water with bamboo salt ? marked its 40th day on Sunday.

The senior monk's sit-in protest in a tent set up ne
Kang Hyun-kyung hkang@koreatimes.co.kr


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