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

South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday as authorities struggle to contain wildfires that have ravaged the country’s southeast, ...

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 ...

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 ...

home to the Hahoe Folk Village, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Another heritage site, the Byeongsan Seowon Confucian Academy, was also at risk. Many of South Korea's historic buildings are made of ...

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.

By Jin Yu Young At least 26 people have died in the worst wildfires on record in South Korea, massive infernos ... of the 600-year-old Andong Hahoe folk village, a UNESCO World Heritage site ...

SEOUL, South ... village of Pungcheon, home to the Hahoe folk village, a UNESCO World Heritage site founded around the 14-15th centuries. The blaze in Uiseong destroyed Gounsa, a Buddhist temple built ...