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 ...

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 are approaching the UNESCO World ...

Andong Hahoe folk village, a UNESCO World Heritage site, posted a notice on its website Wednesday saying it was under threat from approaching wildfires and would be closed to visitors. The Korea ...

A forest fire that broke out in Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province, is threatening the Hahoe Folk Village in Andong as of the 25th, prompting the firefighting authorities to deploy a large fire cannon ...

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

(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 ...

Charred, black ruins at South Korea's Gounsa temple stood in stark contrast to the kaleidoscope of colours that are a trademark of the country's historic palaces and Buddhist temples.

The fire in Andong was also reaching the village of Pungcheon, home to the Hahoe folk village, a UNESCO World Heritage site founded around the 14-15th centuries. The blaze in Uiseong destroyed ...

In the city of Andong, some evacuees sheltering in an elementary school ... Most devastating' By Wednesday, one of the fires was threatening historic Hahoe Folk Village, a UNESCO-listed world heritage ...

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