One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...

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

The country’s largest blaze on record has left 27 dead and destroyed heritage sites, including two 1,000-year-old temples.

Officials are racing to relocate priceless historic artifacts and protect Unesco-listed sites from the blazes. Read more at straitstimes.com.

An ancient Buddhist temple complex is among the structures burned in some of the worst wildfires ever to hit South Korea.

Wildfires in South Korea have killed 28 people so far and destroyed large parts of Gounsa, a major Buddhist temple complex ...

Wildfires in South Korea's southern regions have left 24 people dead and destroyed more than 300 structures, including large ...

At least 26 people are dead, including the pilot of a helicopter that crashed trying to contain blazes that strong winds and ...

Uprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist ...

The blaze in Uiseong destroyed Gounsa, a temple built in the 7th century, according to officials from the Korea Heritage Service. Some of the temple’s treasures, including a stone Buddha statue ...

Massive wildfires sweeping across southeastern South Korea have forced the evacuation of more than 2,600 inmates from local ...