South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday as authorities struggle to contain “unprecedented” deadly wildfires that have ravaged the country’s southeast,

The country’s largest blaze on record has left 27 dead and destroyed heritage sites, including two 1,000-year-old temples.

North Korea appears to have sent at least 3,000 more soldiers to Russia early this year, South Korea’s military said Thursday, demonstrating Pyongyang’s continued support for Moscow’s war on Ukraine as world leaders push for an end to the three-year conflict.

South Korea’s military says North Korea sent around 3,000 additional troops to Russia in January and February in continued support for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.

North Korea sent an additional 3,000 troops to aid Russia’s war in Ukraine this year, South Korea said Thursday, as Pyongyang’s support appears to continue even as Moscow moves toward negotiations to end the conflict.

A South Korea commission urged South Korea to issue an official apology for an adoption process that was often fraudulent.

Besides recommending an official apology, the commission also called for a comprehensive survey on adoptees' citizenship status and any corresponding policy measures, remedies for

Since the 1950s, South Korea has sent more children abroad for adoption than any other country, with most sent to Western countries. South Korea has sinced moved to tighten its adoption processes, but some adoptees and their biological parents say they are still haunted by what they went through.