Chin Jukan XV said he learned about the presence of the grave from a member of the family clan when he visited South Korea in May this year to attend President Yoon Suk-yeol’s inauguration ceremony.

began the fire in southeastern Uiseong County when he performed an ancestral rite by a family grave on March 22, an official from Gyeongbuk Provincial Police said.

In South Korea, a booking is not an arrest but rather indicates the man’s information was collected for the investigation. He was looking after a family grave on a hill in Uiseong County ...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A South Korean man tending a family grave is suspected of sparking one of the record wildfires that ravaged the southeastern part of the country last week, the ...

A DAMAGED temple bell lies amidst debris at Gounsa temple after a wildfire devastated the area in Uiseong, South Korea on March 27, 2025. — REUTERS SEOUL — South Korean police said on Sunday they ...