Wildfires were ravaging the southern region of South Korea Wednesday, leaving dozens of people dead, including a helicopter ...

The Gounsa temple was reportedly originally built in 681 A.D. during the Shilla dynasty that ruled more than half of the ...

The fires have ravaged the country’s southeast for the past six days and displaced tens of thousands from their homes.

Deadly wildfires in South Korea are among the worst the country ... which indicates that two ancient Buddhist temples are among the losses, without specifying which is the second.

One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...

Firefighters in South Korea are racing to save lives and ancient artefacts from the largest wildfire in the country's history ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.S. Army’s armored vehicles prepare to cross the Hantan river at a ...

The Unesco-listed Hahoe Folk Village in South Korea has been evacuated and a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple burned to the ground after wildfires tore through southern parts of the country this week.

SEOUL—Raging wildfires have killed dozens of people, destroyed centuries-old temples and displaced tens of thousands from their homes in South Korea’s southeast. The fires, which have ravaged ...

Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist temple complex, burning down two buildings that had been designated ...