Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed ... move the temple's third “treasure,” a stone Buddha statue reportedly built in the 8th century ...

South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after ... Some of the artifacts that were in the historic site, including the seated stone Buddha designated a treasure by the state, were spared ...

Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size today ... including an eighth-century stone Buddha statue, were removed before the flames reached the main wooden buildings. The cause of the ...

The relocated items include a seated stone Buddha from the now-destroyed Goun ... Authorities have covered key structures such as South Korea’s oldest wooden building, Geungnakjeon at the ...

At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire-retardant blanket. Hours later much of the temple burned down in one of the ...