South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday as authorities ...

Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist temple complex, burning down two buildings that had been designated ...

One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...

"Pine trees contain resin, which acts like oil, intensifying fires when ignited. This resin causes wildfires to burn faster, stronger, and longer," said Lee Byung-doo from the National Institute of ...

Precious historical relics have been destroyed or damaged and more are under threat as wildfires rage across heritage-rich ...

including a centuries-old Buddhist temple. South Korea’s military aired broadcasts to North Korea to warn people there about the helicopters early Friday, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist temple, ruining two of its three state-designated ...

North Korea has hosted the first Pyongyang International Marathon since sealing its borders during the pandemic, but there ...

The wildfires in March devastated an area larger than the Los Angeles fire and two-thirds the size of Singapore to become its ...

Hours later, an official at the Korea Heritage Service told AFP that the temple had been burned down ... In Daegu and the North Gyeongsang region, "the air is extremely dry and strong winds ...

ANDONG, South Korea (AFP): At South Korea's thousand ... AFP reporters who returned to the temple after the blaze found the north side of the building razed to charred rubble, with broken tablets ...