South Korea typically experiences 500-900 wildfires annually, which burn 1,000-4,000 hectares (about 2,500-10,000 acres). But wildfire events have increased by roughly 30% in recent years, the ...

During the wildfires, temperatures in South Korea climbed 4.5°C to 10°C (8.1°F to 18°F) above the 1991-2020 average, while western Japan exceeded the average by as much as 7°C to 8.5°C (12.6 ...

According to the Korea Forest Service, a total of 47,860 hectares (118,265 acres) have burned so far, making this the largest wildfire event in South Korea’s history, surpassing the 2000 fire ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -South Korea's worst ever wildfires in March were made twice as likely as a result of climate change and such disasters could become even more frequent if temperatures continue ...

Human-caused climate crisis doubled the chances of the extreme weather that fuelled South Korea’s deadliest wildfires, a new study has found. The fires, which broke out in southeast Korea on 22 March, ...

The fires burned an area of 104,000 hectares (257,000 acres) and destroyed 5,000 buildings, constituting the deadliest and largest wildfire disaster in South Korea’s […] Features Videos ...