Firefighters are struggling to contain the wildfires, which continue to grow rapidly in size, fuelled by strong winds.

As an enormous forest fire spreads uncontrollably in the Yeongnam ... Aging Population Dominates Farming, Fishing Households in South Korea Last year, more than half of the population in farming ...

making it the biggest single forest fire in South Korea's history. The previous record was 24,000 hectares (59,000 acres) in a March 2000 fire. "We are nationally in a critical situation with numerous ...

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 ...

Seoul — South Korea's worst wildfires on record have scorched a massive swath of the country's southeast over the past five days and killed at least 24 people, according to the national fire ...

SEOUL, April 18 (Yonhap) -- The areas damaged by the recent large-scale wildfires in the southeastern provinces of Gyeongsang ...

(UPDATE) ANDONG, South Korea — One of South Korea's worst-ever wildfire outbreaks has killed at least 24 people, officials said on Wednesday, with multiple blazes causing "unprecedented damage ...

A 56-year-old man is being investigated in South Korea on suspicion of starting a deadly wildfire that killed 30 people. The ...

South Korea’s military said about 10 North Korean soldiers returned to their territory after South Korea fired warning shots.

Located on the southeastern coast of Haiyan, Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant, which has the largest number of nuclear ...

In an unexpected border intrusion, about 10 North Korean soldiers crossed the tense border between North and South Korea, ...