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

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

ANDONG, South Korea (Reuters) -Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled ... Precipitation of around one millimetre was too little to extinguish the main fire, but will help contain it, officials said.

South Korea redeployed firefighting ... destroying a centuries-old Buddhist temple. The helicopter crashed while working to contain a fast-spreading fire in Uiseong County, located more than ...

The wildfires spreading rapidly throughout Korea’s southeastern Gyeongsang ... who had not been seen since Tuesday and a 69-year-old fire watcher who disappeared after joining efforts to contain ...

A centuries-old ... of Korean Buddhism. Some of the artifacts that were in the historic site, including the seated stone Buddha designated a treasure by the state, were spared from the fire ...

Death toll from South Korea's wildfires rose to 27 today as officials confirmed three more deaths. The fatalities include a pilot whose helicopter crashed during efforts to contain a fire ...

Yeongdeok (South Korea) (AFP) – Overnight rain helped douse some of South Korea's worst-ever wildfires, authorities said Friday, as the death toll ... said the main fire in North Gyeongsang ...

ANDONG, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korean authorities have contained the main blazes in the country's largest forest fire on record ... 72-year-old Choi Jong-chan struggled to decide on his ...