The wildfires in March devastated an area larger than the Los Angeles fire and two-thirds the size of Singapore to become its ...

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 ...

Among the most heartbreaking losses is the destruction of the historic Gounsa Temple, a Buddhist site with over 1,300 years of history. Meanwhile, a 600-year-old Andong Hahoe folk village, a Unesco ...

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 ...

Some 5 mm of rain was expected to fall in North Gyeongsang Province, according to weather officials. The wildfires in the province are presumed to have killed 21 people, including four in Andong, home ...

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 ...

Several cultural heritage sites were threatened by the flames. On Mar. 25, weakened winds helped spare Hahoe Folk Village and Byeongsan Seowon Confucian Academy in Andong, but flare-ups the following ...

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

The wildfires have already caused significant destruction, including the complete loss of a historic temple that was over 1,000 years old. Furthermore, the UNESCO-listed Hahoe Folk Village, recognized ...