When Buddhism was originally introduced to Korea from Former Qin in 372, about 800 years after the death of the historical Buddha, shamanism was the indigenous religion. The Samguk yusa and Samguk sagi record the following 3 monks who were among the first to bring Buddhist teaching, or Dharma, to Korea in the 4th century during the Three Kingdoms period: Malananta - an …

People and culture. Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula; Korean cuisine; Korean culture; Korean language. Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl; Korean dialects and the Jeju language; See also: North–South differences in the Korean language Places. Korean Peninsula, a peninsula in East Asia; Korea, a region of East Asia; North Korea, the …