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Meanwhile, a 600-year-old Andong Hahoe folk village, a Unesco World Heritage site, was evacuated as fire crews scrambled to contain worsening wildfires. With flames spreading fast, South Korea on ...

The city sent out emergency text alerts to residents near Hahoe Village and Byeongsan Seowon at around 8:20 p.m. advising them to take shelter as the wildfires approached the area.

ANDONG, South Korea, March 26 (Yonhap) -- Tensions are rising around Hahoe Folk Village in the southeastern city of Andong on Wednesday, as wildfires that started in nearby Uiseong County last week ...

On Tuesday, authorities issued an emergency alert for Hahoe Folk Village as the blaze drew closer. The flames had already burnt down Goun Temple, an ancient temple built in 681, Yonhap reported.

(Photo: AP/Yonhap/Kim Doo-hoon) The Uiseong fires that broke out on Saturday were also threatening two UNESCO World Heritage sites in Andong city - Hahoe Folk Village and the Byeongsan Confucian ...

ANDONG, South Korea, March 26 (Yonhap) -- Tensions are rising around Hahoe Folk Village in the southeastern city of Andong on Wednesday, as wildfires that started in nearby Uiseong County last week ...

Nothing could be done," the 79-year-old told AFP. Authorities in Andong issued an emergency alert late Tuesday to residents of the historic Hahoe Folk Village -- a UNESCO-listed world heritage site ...

Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate. On Tuesday, the authorities in Andong issued an emergency alert to the residents of the historic Hahoe Folk Village, which is a UNESCO-listed world ...

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