South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday as authorities ...

Chon, head of the Korea Heritage Service, covers a stoned Buddha statue with fire-resistant cloth at Gounsa Temple in Uiseong ...

A mountain near Gounsa Temple, an ancient temple in Uiseong county, about 180 kilometers southeast of Seoul, burns as ...

Korea Forest Service chief Lim Sang-seop ... Another 1,000-year-old temple in the Uiseong region, Unramsa, was destroyed as well, according to Reuters. Relics were also salvaged from the site ...

South Korea relies on helicopters to fight forest fires because of its ... factories and a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple have been destroyed, officials said on Wednesday. The Gounsa temple ...

The blaze has also destroyed over 300 structures ... The 1,300-year-old Gounsa temple in Uiseong County, a major Buddhist landmark, was among the dozens of buildings that have burned to the ...