Firefighters, who were working to protect other cultural spots like the Hahoe Folk Village, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage list, was threatened by the approaching fire. As a result of the ...

At least 1,566 relics were moved from major temples, including Gounsa, and old family homes in the area. At the picturesque Hahoe Folk Village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, authorities deployed ...

At the picturesque Hahoe Folk Village, a Unesco World Heritage Site, the authorities deployed retardant and other measures in a desperate attempt to save its thatch-roof buildings nestled on a ...

On Wednesday night, strong winds and smoke-filled skies forced authorities in Andong, in the southeast, to order evacuations in two villages, including Puncheon, home to the Hahoe folk village ...

In Uiseong, a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple was burned to the ground. Firefighters sprayed Hahoe Folk Village, a UNESCO World Heritage site, with water day and night as flames approached.

Other sites popular with visitors to South Korea are under threat, including the picturesque, UNESCO-listed Hahoe Folk Village. The inferno travelled 51km in just 12 ours on Wednesday prompting ...

home to the Hahoe folk village — a UNESCO World Heritage Site founded around the 14th-15th century. “Damages are snowballing,” acting President Han Duck-soo warned in a televised address on ...