Waujeongsa Temple (Wawoo temple from here on out, because it's easier to type) is located on the outskirts of Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It was built in 1975 by a former North Korean monk in order to promote and pray for peaceful reunification of the peninsula. I haven't been able to find much information on it because their official website has been corrupted, but according to Gyeonggi province's website, it is a head office for the World Buddhist Cultural Exchange Association.
Dan and I were waiting to catch the bus home and were offered a ride by a Korean couple that we had crossed paths with a couple of times on the temple grounds. According to the guy who picked us up, Wawoo Temple is not a traditional Korean Buddhist temple as it is a private temple and has no monks living there. I think he was trying to tell us that the temple is privately funded and not typical of what we would see at other temples throughout the country. Some pictures are included below.
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