Buddhists protest James Bond

South Korea’s largest Buddhist order says the new James Bond film, Die Another Day profanes their ancient religion and incites inter-Korean conflict.

Buddhists protest James Bond

South Korea’s largest Buddhist order says the new James Bond film, Die Another Day profanes their ancient religion and incites inter-Korean conflict.

The Jogye order says the film, which includes a Bond love scene in a Buddhist temple, as “a slight to Buddhism, which has purified the culture and mind of mankind for 2,700 years”.

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