SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of Buddhist believers and festival-goers filled downtown Seoul for Yeon Deung Hoe, or the ...

A Buddhist pours water on a statue of Buddha to celebrate Buddha's birthday at the Jogye temple in downtown Seoul, South ...

STORY: :: This is a centuries-old Buddhist temple before and after South Korea’s devastating wildfires :: Jogyesa :: March 28, 2025 :: June, 2016 :: Uiseong, South Korea Many of the buildings at the ...

South Korea's aggressive wildfires that have left 28 people dead are nearly contained after rainfall and cooler temperatures helped quell some of the flames, authorities announced Friday.

The deceased, Ven. Seonjeong, 85, was the presiding monk at Beopseongsa Temple, located in Seokbo-myeon in the southeastern part of South Korea. He had practiced there for decades. The temple was ...

27,000 people displaced The ongoing infernos are the most destructive ever recorded in South Korea, officials said. Hundreds of structures, including two ancient Buddhist temples, have been ...

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 ...

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Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea redeployed firefighting ... destroying a centuries-old Buddhist temple. The helicopter crashed while working to contain a fast-spreading fire in Uiseong ...

UISEONG - Residents of a Unesco-listed village were ordered to evacuate while a historic Buddhist temple was burned to the ground Tuesday as South Korea scrambled to contain worsening wildfires.

Videos posted on social media showed fires burning through historic, thousand-year-old temples in South Korea, as firefighters raced to save the country's cultural artefacts from the blazes.