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

There were no immediate reports of injuries, and some of the temple’s national treasures, including a stone Buddha statue, were evacuated before the fire reached the wooden buildings.

He said that monks and Buddhist faithful managed to move the temple's third “treasure,” a stone Buddha statue reportedly built in the 8th century, to a safe place. “Many buildings were ...