Multiple wildfires raging across South Korea’s southern regions for days have killed 26 people and destroyed more than 300 ...

possibly due to the use of fire while clearing overgrown grass in family tombs or sparks from welding work. Article by Kim Tong-hyung. Associated Press writer Hyung-jin Kim contributed to this report.

Cheongsong, South Korea — Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea on Thursday as fire crews struggled to contain the country's worst-ever wildfires, which have killed 27 ...

CHEONGSONG, South Korea (AP) — Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea on Thursday as fire crews struggled to contain the country's worst-ever wildfires, which have killed 28 ...

South Korean police plan to question a 56-year-old man on suspicion of starting at least one of the wildfires that recently ...

including cases where people started fires while clearing overgrown grass from family tombs or with sparks during welding work. The wildfires have burned 35,810 hectares (88,488 acres) of land in ...

The wildfires have burned 36,010 hectares (88,980 acres) of land, the disaster response center said Thursday. Observers say that's the worst figure of its kind in South Korea. The report said the ...