Before intermission, a high-energy group of youngsters demonstrated Taekwondo moves, complete with loud shouts, dramatic music and the breaking of boards with feet. Taekwondo is the national sport of ...

As the flames of a raging wildfire swept towards the town of Samui-ri in South Korea's mountainous southeast this week, a village leader surnamed Kwon rushed home to try to help his family and ...

Charred, black ruins at South Korea's Gounsa temple stood in stark contrast to the kaleidoscope of colours that are a ...

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

The country’s largest blaze on record has left 27 dead and destroyed heritage sites, including two 1,000-year-old temples.

South Korea moves national treasures to safety as ‘worst wildfires in history’ kill 26 - Fires damage historic temple ...

The Gounsa temple was reportedly originally built in 681 A.D. during the Shilla dynasty that ruled more than half of the ...

Wind-driven wildfires that were among South Korea’s worst ever have ravaged the country’s southern regions, killing 24 people ...

At least 26 people are dead, including the pilot of a helicopter that crashed trying to contain blazes that strong winds and ...

Korean Heritage Service The Donggung palace complex in present-day South Korea was once an elaborate ... including one that references two lotus flowers blooming in one of them.

SEOUL – South Korean singer-songwriter Wheesung was found dead at his home in Seoul, the police said on March 10. The 43-year-old’s death came less than a month after South Korean actress Kim ...

The U.S. government's recent move to designate Korea as ... U.S. Embassy in South Korea, the decision has not been finalized yet," Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said during a National Assembly ...