At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a ...

At least 18 people have been killed in one of South Korea's worst wildfire outbreaks, with multiple blazes burning and ...

One of the city's most popular attractions, the Jade Buddha Temple impresses visitors with its legion of statues. The temple was originally built to house two jade statues brought in from Burma.

Approximately 4,650 firefighters, soldiers and emergency personnel, backed by 130 helicopters, have been deployed to combat the fires.

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 ...

Hours later much of the temple burned down in one of the deadliest wildfires to hit South Korea -- but the Buddha and the wooden hall it was in survived. All across the country's southeast ...