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

Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country's worst natural fire disaster with at least 26 people killed and historic ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

But the largest culprit is the wind and dry land. The ideal environment for South Korea's largest ever wildfire has been building for the past few weeks. It's only March, but we've already seen ...

Some of the worst wildfires South Korea has ever experienced have affected parts of the south east of the country.

The fire was the worst on record since 1987. South Korea’s “worst wildfire on record since 1987” is expected to result in ...

Embers remain among the debris after most of the buildings were burned to the ground in a wildfire at Gounsa Temple in Uiseong, South Korea, on Mar. 26, 2025. AP SEOUL, South Korea — Wind-driven ...

Deadly wildfires spread across South Korea’s southeastern region on Tuesday ... while four other deaths were linked to another fire from Sancheong county, according to the safety ministry.

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

The previous record was 24,000 hectares (59,000 acres) in a March 2000 fire. Sign up here. "We are nationally in a critical situation with numerous casualties ... said. South Korea relies on ...