Having traveled all the way south from the mountainous Gangwon, the Nakdong River takes a graceful turn at Hahoe Village, which sits peacefully in the western corner of Andong in North Gyeongsang. The ...

The Unesco-listed Hahoe Folk Village in South Korea has been evacuated and a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple burned to the ground after wildfires tore through southern parts of the country this week.

The blaze has already consumed a thousand-year-old temple and threatens Hahoe Folk Village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in North Gyeongsang. People look upon the ruins of a house in Yeongyang ...

The mask play of Hahoe Byeolsingut Exorcism itself, performed first by merchants in Andong Hahoe Village around mid 12th century is designated as a major intangible cultural asset No.69. Hahoe Village ...

The city is home to the 14th- to 15th-century Hahoe Folk Village, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The official said the blaze was currently about 10 km (6 miles) from Hahoe. Authorities designated ...

Founded in the 14th-15th centuries, Hahoe and Yangdong are seen as the two most representative historic clan villages in the Republic of Korea. Their layout and location - sheltered by forested ...

The wildfire that started in Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province, approached within 5.4 kilometers of Andong Hahoe Village, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on the morning of the 26th. According to ...

The wildfire has rapidly spread across Uiseong, reaching dangerously close to the historic Hahoe Folk Village in Andong, a Unesco World Heritage site. At 4:55 p.m., the Andong city government ...

Hahoe Folk Village, a historic clan community located in the southeastern city of Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, has set up a memorial space to pay tribute to Britain's late Queen Elizabeth II.

The two villages of Hahoe and Yangdong are located in the south-eastern region of the Korean peninsula, the heartland of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), that ruled the Korean Peninsula for more than ...

In the UNESCO-listed Hahoe village -- a popular tourist site once visited by England's late Queen Elizabeth II -- fire fighters and cultural heritage officials have been spraying water and fire ...

Andong, South Korea - 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 ...