The inferno has destroyed the historic Gounsa Temple and is bearing down on two UNESCO World Heritage sites in Andong city.

The court in downtown Seoul has become a flashpoint, with near-constant protests in the area. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Firefighters are struggling to contain the wildfires, which continue to grow rapidly in size, fuelled by strong winds.

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.

South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday, as authorities struggle to contain “unprecedented” deadly wildfires that have ...

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 ...

Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the ...

As the flames of a raging wildfire swept towards the town of Samui-ri in South Korea's mountainous southeast this week, a ...

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 ...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN ... according to the South Korean government’s disaster response center. In recent days, the wildfires have spread across the Uiseong area and reached dangerously close to the ...

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 ...

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 ...