South Korean authorities have contained the main blazes in the country's largest forest fire on record, a minister said on ...

About 73% of South Korea's 9,472 seasonal wildfire fighters are over 60-years-old, according to the forest service's latest ...

At least 27 people have died in what have grown into the largest wildfires in South Korea's history. Most of those who have ...

Walking with a cane, 84-year-old apple farmer Kim Mi-ja surveys the wreckage of her village, which was reduced to rubble and ...

Of the country’s 9,472 temporary wildfire monitors, more than 73 per cent are over the age of 60, according to the Korea ...

The South Korean government is set to begin the second phase of its educational intervention at the Ekiti Smart School, ...

South Korea's acting president Han Duck-soo says the damage is "snowballing" - with a 1,300-year-old temple among the ...

Overnight rain helped douse some of South Korea’s worst-ever wildfires, authorities said today, as the death toll from the ...

A combination of an ageing society and a reliance on temporary workers meant older people were disproportionately on the front lines tackling South Korea ... living in rural areas and among ...

ANDONG: Walking with a cane, 84-year-old apple farmer Kim Mi-ja surveys the wreckage of her village, which was reduced to ...

Many of South Korea's historic buildings are made of wood and clay, which is highly flammable. The blaze has also claimed the lives of farm animals and pets. People in rural South Korea often keep ...