The death toll in the wildfires raging across South Korea's southeastern region rose to 24 and the pilot of a firefighting helicopter was killed when the aircraft crashed on Wednesday, as the country ...

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

Rain and cooler temperatures are helping South Korean fire crews as they battle the country’s worst-ever wildfires as the governor of the hardest-hit region called for overhauling response strategies ...

Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the ...

South Korea is struggling to contain wildfires ravaging the country’s southeast after more than two dozen blazes broke out over the weekend, killing four people and forcing thousands to evacuate.

At least 24 people have been killed as multiple wildfires continue to ravage South Korea's south-east region. Most of the victims are in their 60s and 70s, authorities say, adding that some 26 people ...

CHEONGSONG, South Korea (AP) — Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea on Thursday as fire crews struggled to contain the country's worst-ever wildfires, which have killed 27 ...

By Kristine Sabillo At least 30 people were killed and more than 48,000 hectares, or 119,000 acres, of land was burned in fires that raged over the last week of March in South Korea, media reported.

One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...

South Korea’s military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the rivals’ tense border on Tuesday, South ...

The growth of extreme wildfire activity is being driven by climate change while resources to fight disasters are being diverted to preparations for war.

A helicopter has crashed during an operation to extinguish a fire in southeastern South Korea on Sunday, killing its pilot.