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Buildings, including Gounru Pavilion at Gounsa Temple in Danchon-myeon, Uiseong County, North Gyeongsang Province, stand in ruins after being completely destroyed by a wildfire in South Korea on March 28, 2025.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a cadet practicing on the parallel bars during his visit to the Kang Kon Military Academy, in Pyongyang, North Korea, February 25, 2025.
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The remains of burnt-out pavilions due to wildfires are seen at the Gounsa temple in Uiseong, South Korea, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (Kim Do-hoon/Yonhap via AP)
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Centuries-old Buddhist temple destroyed in ‘unprecedented’ and deadly South Korea wildfires
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