ANDONG, South Korea, March 26 (Yonhap) -- Tensions are rising around Hahoe Folk Village in the southeastern city of Andong on Wednesday, as wildfires that started in nearby Uiseong County last ...

Tensions are rising around Hahoe Folk Village in the southeastern city of Andong on Wednesday, as wildfires that started in nearby Uiseong County last week are approaching the UNESCO World ...

A forest fire that broke out in Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province, is threatening the Hahoe Folk Village in Andong as of the ...

Hahoe, about 190 kilometers southeast of Seoul, is one of the most famous and popular folk villages in South Korea and was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage site in 2010.

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.

Precious historical relics have been destroyed or damaged and more are under threat as wildfires rage across heritage-rich ...

SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) -- Firefighters were scrambling Wednesday to contain a wave of wildfires that tore through the ...

Authorities also issued an emergency alert for Hahoe Folk Village – a UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site popular with tourists in Andong county – as the blaze drew closer. “The wildfire is ...

On Tuesday, authorities issued an emergency alert for Hahoe Folk Village as the blaze drew closer. The flames had already burnt down Goun Temple, an ancient temple built in 681, Yonhap reported.

South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday as authorities ...