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 ...

Unseasonably high temperatures have swept across South Korea and Japan, contributing to dangerous wildfire conditions from March 21, 2025, to March 26, 2025. Human-caused climate change has ...

Parts of South Korea and Japan have had short rainy seasons this year. Scientists say that climate change has helped make the ...

Korea's oceans ministry said Wednesday it plans to nearly double the size of its marine protected area by 2027 as part of efforts to proactively address climate change.

The death toll in the wildfires raging across South Korea's southeastern region rose to 24 and the pilot of a firefighting helicopter was killed when the aircraft crashed on Wednesday, as the ...

SEOUL - Human-induced climate change made the ultra-dry and warm conditions that fanned South Korea’s deadliest wildfires in history earlier in the year twice as likely and more intense, said ...

A study by European researchers has concluded that the role of human-driven climate change in contributing to the wildfires was undeniable.

Last month, South Korea’s Constitutional Court held that the country’s current climate measures were insufficient for safeguarding citizens’ rights, particularly those of younger generations ...

The ruling in South Korea followed the German Federal Constitutional Court’s 2021 landmark ruling, which mandated stronger action on climate to protect the rights of future generations.