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South Korea’s Worst Ever Wildfires Ravage Ancient Buddhist Temples and Menace Historic Villages
One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...
Satellite images reveal how South Korea wildfires spread
Severe wildfires have been spreading rapidly in South Korea. Ancient temples are among the buildings that have been destroyed ...
Huge South Korea wildfires kill 27 and threaten to destroy ancient temples
The fires are posing a massive threat to cultural sites. In the city of Uiseong, the fire destroyed the Gounsa temple, one of ...
South Korea's largest ever wildfires kill dozens and torch ancient temples
The wildfires in South Korea, which started on 21 March and have killed at least 26 people, have since spread to cover more ...
Huge South Korea wildfires kill dozens and torch ancient temples
The wildfires in South Korea, which started on 21 March and have killed at least 26 people, have since spread to cover more ...
South Korea’s centuries-old Gounsa temple is left in ruins by unprecedented wildfires
Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist ...
Mapped: Satellite images reveal how South Korea wildfires spread
Rain and cooler temperatures have brought some much-needed relief to South Korean firefighters battling the country's worst ...
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Ancient temple destroyed; citizens in Andong advised to evacuate as wildfires spread
This photo shows fires in parts of a village in Uiseong County, some 180 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on March 25, 2025.
Workers save Buddha as S. Korea's wildfires raze ancient temple
At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire-retardant blanket. Hours later much of the temple burned down in one of the ...
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19 Dead and Ancient Buddhist Temple Destroyed in South Korea’s Worst Wildfires in Recent Years
South Korea battles wildfires that have claimed 19 lives, injured many, and razed the centuries-old Gounsa temple. Efforts to ...
1,300-year-old temple destroyed as wildfires ravage South Korea
A centuries-old Buddhist temple has been destroyed as South Korea struggles to contain ‘unprecedented’ wildfires ravaging the ...
Death toll rises to at least 27 as South Korea wildfires rage on
The death toll from the wildfires sweeping through south-eastern South Korea has risen to at least 27, with 32 more people ...