A South Korean man tending a family grave is suspected of sparking one of the ‘unprecedented’ wildfires that ravaged the ...

Residents of a UNESCO-listed village were ordered to evacuate while a historic Buddhist temple was burned to the ground ...

Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist ...

The multiple fires, which left 30 people dead and thousands of structures – including a centuries-old Buddhist temple - destroyed, were described as unprecedented in South Korea. Police said the ...

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. Blazes ...

In an unfortunate twist of fate, South Korea's rich cultural heritage has suffered a grave loss as the historic Gounsa temple, more than 1,300 years old, was destroyed by raging wildfires. These ...

The current wildfires are being described by acting president Han Duck-soo as rewriting the records for the worst wildfires in the nation’s history. He categorically defined the situation as ...

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 ...

Myo Kyaw Soe/Xinhua via AP Share A west suburban Buddhist temple is leading a fundraising effort to support victims of last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar that has killed more than 2,000 ...