Members of the Gyeongbuk Seobu Cultural Heritage Care Center wrap a Buddha statue with cotton cloth and a fire-retardant blanket after evacuating all other items the night before, during preparations for the possibility of a wildfire advancing towards Gounsa Temple in Uiseong on March 25, 2025. Deadly wildfires in South Korea worsened overnight, officials said on March 25, as dry, windy weather hampers efforts to contain one of the country's worst-ever fire outbreaks. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





A resident looks around the area devastated by a wildfire, in Uiseong, South Korea on March 25, 2025. (Photo by Yonhap/Reuters)





Helicopters extinguish wildfires by dropping water to a mountain in Ulsan, 305 kilometers southeast of Seoul, South Korea, 25 March 2025. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





A firefighter sprays water as wildfires spread along the slopes in Uiseong, South Korea, on March 24, 2025. South Korean authorities said on March 24 they would deploy dozens of helicopters and thousands of firefighters and soldiers as they struggle to control multiple wildfires in the southeast, which have been burning for days. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





People evacuated from their homes due to the approaching wildfire, stay at the gymnasium of Sinsung Elementary School in Andong, South Korea, on March 25, 2025. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





People evacuated from their homes due to the approaching wildfire, stay at the gymnasium of Sinsung Elementary School in Andong, South Korea, on March 25, 2025. Inhabitants of a UNESCO-listed village were ordered to evacuate while a historic Buddhist temple was burned to the ground as South Korea scrambled to contain worsening wildfires, which are tearing across the country's southeast. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





Embers remain among the debris after most of the buildings were burned to the ground in a wildfire at Gounsa Temple in Uiseong on March 26, 2025. At least 18 people have been killed in one of South Korea's worst wildfire outbreaks, with multiple blazes burning and causing “unprecedented damage”, the acting president said. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





Firefighters work after most of the buildings were burned to the ground in a wildfire at Gounsa Temple in Uiseong on March 26, 2025. At least 18 people have been killed in one of South Korea's worst wildfire outbreaks, with multiple blazes burning and causing “unprecedented damage”, the acting president said. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





People rest at a shelter as a wildfire devastates the area, in Yeongyang, South Korea on March 26, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





A general view shows a sinkhole on a road in Seoul on March 25, 2025. One person has been killed after a massive sinkhole opened up in Seoul, the fire department said, with harrowing video footage showing the moment his vehicle was swallowed by the hole. The vast hole opened up at an intersection in the southeast of the South Korean capital during the evening rush hour around 6:30 pm (0900 GMT) on March 24. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)





Emergency workers stand near a sinkhole in a road, in Seoul, South Korea, on March 25, 2025. (Photo by Yonhap via Reuters)





Truth and Reconciliation Commission Chairperson Park Sun Young, right, comforts adoptee Yooree Kim during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)





An 81-year-old apple farmer who lost her crop walks with sticks past her neighbours' homes, burned by a wildfire two days ago, in Andong on March 27, 2025. Wildfires in South Korea are now the largest and deadliest on record, having burned more forest and killed more people than any previous blaze, officials said on March 27, as the death toll hit 27. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)





Workers adjust the lanterns in preparation ahead of Buddha's birthday celebrations on May 5, at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 28, 2025. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





On the March 31, 2025, the Hwaeommae (red plum blossoms) at Hwaeomsa Temple in Masan-myeon, Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do, are showing off their splendid appearance. Every year in mid-to-late March, they burst into enchanting flower buds, attracting photography club members from all over the country. (Photo by Kim Young-geun)





A road near the Constitutional Court in Seoul is temporarily cordoned off two days before the court hands down a decision on whether to remove President Yoon Suk Yeol from office or reinstate him over his brief imposition of martial law in early December 2024 in central Seoul, South Korea, 02 April 2025. (Photo by Yonhap/EPA/EFE)





South Korean Buddhist monks and members of civic groups prostrate every three steps as they march to the Constitutional Court to demand the dismissal of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol wave national flags and those with images of Yoon during a rally to oppose his impeachment near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The letters read “President, comeback immediately”. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)





A man who opposes impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol walks in Seoul, South Korea, on April 3, 2025. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Jo Eun-jin, who stayed overnight on the street, waits for the start of a rally calling for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down, near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 4, 2025. (Photo by Lee Jin-man/AP Photo)