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

Tensions are rising around Hahoe Folk Village in the southeastern city ... is one of the most famous and popular folk villages in South Korea and was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage site ...

Residents of a UNESCO-listed village were ordered to evacuate while a historic Buddhist temple was burned to the ground Tuesday as South Korea scrambled to contain worsening wildfires. Nothing could ...

Seoul, South ... Korean government’s disaster response center. In recent days, the wildfires have spread across the Uiseong area and reached dangerously close to the historic Hahoe Folk Village ...

WILDFIRES are raging across parts of South Korea, leaving several dead and turning historic tourist sites to ashes. Authorities have called the blaze the “worst on record” for the ...

CHEONGSONG, South Korea (AP) — Helicopters dumped water over a burning ... including Puncheon, home to the Hahoe folk village — a UNESCO World Heritage Site founded around the 14th-15th century.

Highest fire warning level remains in place nationwide for South Korea after blaze in south-eastern Uiseong County ...

As reported by South Korean media ... the Republic of Korea or to have contributed to the promotion of public interests. When the wildfire broke out in Uiseong on March 25 and hit Yeongdeok-gun, ...

The fires are "the most devastating" yet in South Korea, acting president Han added. By Wednesday, two UNESCO-listed sites popular with tourists historic Hahoe Folk Village and Byeongsan Seowon ...