Asia East Asia . Mapped: Satellite images reveal how South Korea wildfires spread. Fires now 85 per cent extinguished after at least 28 people dead. Stuti Mishra. Friday 28 March 2025 07:41 GMT.

South Korea fires latest: 27 killed and 1,000-year-old Buddhist temples destroyed in biggest wildfire on record ‘We are nationally in a critical situation’, says acting president as blaze doubles ...

A 2023 survey by South Korea's Ministry of Gender Equality and Family published in May showed 38.5 percent of 13-24 year olds saw marriage as necessary, a drop of 12.5 points since 2017.

Asia East Asia Deadly wildfires sweep South Korea’s southeast More than 100 helicopters and 9,000 personnel have been deployed to battle the fires in Sancheong and elsewhere in southern South Korea ...

In 2009, South Korea’s Meteorological Administration stopped forecasting when the season would begin and end, said Yeh Sang-wook, a professor of climate dynamics at Hanyang University in Seoul.

A burnt-out houses and warehouses in a destroyed village are seen in Andong, South Korea, on Mar 27, 2025. (Photo: Kim Do-hun/Yonhap via AP) 27 Mar 2025 11:15AM (Updated: 28 Mar 2025 11:13AM) ...

All across South-East Asia railways are old and slow, and tend not to connect with one another. The region has only 24,000km of railway lines—roughly the same as Mexico, which has a land mass ...