A South Korean man tending a family grave is suspected of sparking one of the ‘unprecedented’ wildfires that ravaged the ...

South Korean police plan to question a 56-year-old man on suspicion of starting at least one of the wildfires that recently ...

The fires have ravaged the country’s southeast for the past six days and displaced tens of thousands from their homes.

Officials say the most destructive wildfires ever to hit South Korea are almost contained. The government's announcement ...

A combination of an aging society and a reliance on temporary workers meant older people were disproportionately on the ...

Smoke rises from a wildfire that devastates the area, in Andong, South Korea, on March 25, 2025. Eighteen people were killed ...

The Gounsa temple was reportedly originally built in 681 A.D. during the Shilla dynasty that ruled more than half of the ...

South Korean police said on Sunday they booked a man suspected of starting what grew into the country's largest wildfire, ...

A pilot was killed on Wednesday as a firefighting helicopter crashed in South Korea's southeastern area while combating ...

Wildfires in South Korea have resulted in deaths, turned an ancient Buddhist temple into ashes and forced the evacuation of ...

A forest fire in South Korea's Yeongdeok county, one of a number of wildfires that have engulfed the country's southeastern ...

CHEONGSONG, South Korea (AP) — Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea on Thursday as fire crews ...