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.

As flames from a deadly wildfire approached within kilometers of South Korea's historic and storied Hahoe Village, firefighters employed an unconventional strategy: continuously drenching the ...

Wind-driven wildfires that were among the country’s worst ever have destroyed more than 200 structures and forced 27,000 people to evacuate.

UISEONG: Inhabitants of a UNESCO-listed village were ordered to evacuate while a historic Buddhist temple was burned to the ground as South Korea scrambled to contain worsening ...

Wildfire nears Hahoe Village, UNESCO site, prompting increased fire response Fire response intensifies as flames approach a historic Korean village close to cultural treasures ...

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.

Strong winds and smoke-filled skies forced authorities in the southeastern city of Andong to order evacuations in two villages, including Puncheon, home to the Hahoe folk village — a UNESCO ...