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South Korean helicopters fight wildfire along heavily armed border with North Korea
South Korea sent two helicopters to battle a wildfire inside the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Seoul’s military said ...
How South Korea's largest and deadliest wildfire spread
The wildfires in March devastated an area larger than the Los Angeles fire and two-thirds the size of Singapore to become its ...
South Korea’s military fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers cross the border
In June last year, North Korean troops violated the border three times, prompting South Korea to fire warning shots. The ...
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Man caring for ancestors’ grave may have ignited huge South Korea wildfire, police say
The multiple fires, which left 30 people dead and thousands of structures – including a centuries-old Buddhist temple - ...
Worker rescued from collapsed subway construction site in South Korea
South Korean rescue workers on Saturday pulled a man from a collapsed subway construction site near the capital of Seoul and ...
South Korea wildfires kill at least 24, pilot killed as firefighting helicopter crashes
The death toll in the wildfires raging across South Korea's southeastern region rose to 24 and the pilot of a firefighting ...
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South Korea’s Worst Ever Wildfires Ravage Ancient Buddhist Temples and Menace Historic Villages
One monk said his old temple was ‘reduced to heaps of ashes,’ as the fires continue to rage across the country ...
Centuries-old Buddhist temple destroyed in ‘unprecedented’ and deadly South Korea wildfires
South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday as authorities struggle to contain wildfires that have ravaged the country’s southeast, ...
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South Korea's worst wildfires are now almost contained following rain and cooler weather
Officials say the most destructive wildfires ever to hit South Korea are almost contained SEOUL, South Korea -- SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The most destructive wildfires ever to hit South Korea ...
South Korea fires warning shots at 10 North Korean troops crossing the DMZ
Observers claimed the Pyongyang troops might have mistakenly crossed the boundary while fortifying their side with anti-tank ...
South Korea Fires Warning Shots After North Korean Soldiers Cross Border
South Korea's military fired warning shots on Monday after approximately 10 North Korean soldiers crossed the heavily ...
South Korea fires warning shots at North Korean troops crossing demilitarised zone
South Korean soldiers fired warning shots at North Korean troops after nearly a dozen crossed the demilitarised zone ...