A MASSIVE WILDFIRE IN SOUTH KOREA has killed at least 27 people in Uiseong County in North Gyeongsang and destroyed the Buddhist Gounsa temple, founded in 681 CE, according to Korea JoongAng Daily ...

Firefighters are racing to save people and ancient artefacts from the largest ... Historic Buddhist temples burn in South Korea wildfires Edited by Sean Seddon, with reporting from Jake Kwon ...

Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist temple complex, burning down two buildings that had been designated ...

At least 24 people have been killed and 26 have been injured as South Korea battles the most destructive ... factories and a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple, officials said on Wednesday.

Videos posted on social media showed fires burning through historic, thousand-year-old temples in South Korea, as firefighters raced to save the country's cultural artefacts from the blazes.

The fires have spanned more than 35,000 hectares and forced tens of thousands to evacuate.