This is the first North Korean site that has made the list, joining more than 200 geoparks across 49 countries ...

Mount Paektu, an active stratovolcano straddling the border of North Korea and China, is the highest peak on the Korean peninsula and lies at the heart of North Korea’s foundation myth.

By Jin Yu Young More than two dozen wildfires broke out in southeastern South Korea over the weekend, killing four people and injuring nine others, officials said on Monday. Thousands of ...

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Japanese authorities issued a mid-level warning Sunday for a volcano in the southwestern Kyushu region, telling people not to approach and that an eruption "may occur." There was, however ...