Videos posted on social media showed fires burning through historic, thousand-year-old temples in South Korea, as firefighters raced to save the country's cultural artefacts from the blazes.

The relocated items include a seated stone Buddha from the now-destroyed Goun temple in Uiseong. The Korea Heritage Service confirmed that Yeongsu Hall and Gaunru Pavilion at the Goun temple were ...

A centuries-old Buddhist temple has been destroyed as South Korea struggles to contain ‘unprecedented’ wildfires ravaging the country’s southeast that have killed at least 18 people.The ...