SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of Buddhist believers and festival-goers filled downtown Seoul for Yeon Deung Hoe, or the ...

The urgent command rang out across Goun Temple, a 1,000-year-old Buddhist ... This article from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by a generative AI ...

STORY: :: This is a centuries-old Buddhist temple before and after South Korea’s devastating wildfires :: Jogyesa :: March 28, 2025 :: June, 2016 :: Uiseong, South Korea Many of the buildings at the ...

South Korea's aggressive wildfires that have left 28 people dead are nearly contained after rainfall and cooler temperatures helped quell some of the flames, authorities announced Friday.

The deceased, Ven. Seonjeong, 85, was the presiding monk at Beopseongsa Temple, located in Seokbo-myeon in the southeastern part of South Korea. He had practiced there for decades. The temple was ...

The deceased, Ven. Seonjeong, 85, was the presiding monk at Beopseongsa Temple, located in Seokbo-myeon in the southeastern part of South Korea. He had practiced there for decades. The temple was ...

The relocated items include a seated stone Buddha from the now-destroyed Goun temple in Uiseong. The Korea Heritage Service confirmed that Yeongsu Hall and Gaunru Pavilion at the Goun temple were ...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea redeployed firefighting ... destroying a centuries-old Buddhist temple. The helicopter crashed while working to contain a fast-spreading fire in Uiseong ...

UISEONG - Residents of a Unesco-listed village were ordered to evacuate while a historic Buddhist temple was burned to the ground Tuesday as South Korea scrambled to contain worsening wildfires.

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.