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 near Jogye Temple in central Seoul reflects the lingering factional strife inside the nation's largest Buddhist sect, the Jogye Order.



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