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wildfires, South Korea and Gounsa temple

South Korea's centuries-old Gounsa temple is left in ruins by unprecedented wildfires

Uprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea's southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist temple, ruining two of its three state-designated "treasures."

PennLive · 13h

Unprecedented wildfires in South Korea kill dozens, destroy centuries-old temple

Five days of wildfires, considered one of South Korea’s worst, have left 24 people dead, destroyed more than 200 structures and forced 27,000 people to evacuate, officials said.

CNN on MSN · 16h

1,300-year-old temple destroyed in deadly South Korea wildfires

Authorities in South Korea are fighting what they call one of the country’s “worst-ever” wildfires. More than 20 people have died and a 1,300-year-old Buddhist landmark has been destroyed.

Foreign Affairs29d

North Korea: Survival of a Political Dynasty

Pacheco Pardo provides a short but fact-filled primer on North Korea. He swiftly traces the development of Korea from a unitary state in the seventh century BC to the division of the peninsula in the ...

朝日新聞社2d

Letters by tragic 17th century Korean Christian causing a buzz

Masakazu Asami, a professor of Christian history in Japan at Keio University in Tokyo said: “We can learn from the letters that Otaa was from an aristocratic class of the Korean dynasty.

The Korea Times7d

18th-century moon jar fetches $2.8 mil. at New York auction

An 18th-century Korean moon jar from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) has sold for $2.83 million (4.1 billion won) at Christie’s New York auction Tuesday, surpassing its pre-auction estimate of $1 ...

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Watch: Historic Buddhist temple burns in South Korea wildfires

Videos posted on social media show fires burning around the historic temple. The blazes raging in the city of Uiseong burned ...

Hankyoreh on MSN18h

Korea’s wildfires threaten to reduce homes and centuries-old heritage sites to ash

Pungcheon is home to the UNESCO World Heritage sites Hahoe Village and Byeongsan Seowon, a Confucian academy dating back to ...

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