South Korea’s centuries-old Gounsa temple is left in ruins by unprecedented wildfires
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South Korea battles the largest fires in its history, which have already killed 26 people and reduced a temple of over 1,000 years to ashes
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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 ...
Rescuers Race to Save People and Treasures From South Korea Wildfires
The country’s largest blaze on record has left 27 dead and destroyed heritage sites, including two 1,000-year-old temples.
Centuries-old Buddhist temple destroyed in ‘unprecedented’ and deadly South Korea wildfires
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