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

Human-induced climate change made the ultra-dry and warm conditions that fanned South Korea's deadliest wildfires in history this March twice as likely and more intense, researchers said Thursday.

Climate change made South Korea’s deadliest wildfires twice as likely, scientists find. Hot, dry and windy conditions in March were twice as likely because of warming caused by burning fossil ...

The case — known as "Woodpecker et al. v. South Korea" after the in-utero nickname of an embryo, now toddler, involved — included four petitions by children. In 2021, South Korea made a legally ...

South Korea typically experiences 500-900 wildfires annually, which burn 1,000-4,000 hectares (about 2,500-10,000 acres). But wildfire events have increased by roughly 30% in recent years, the ...

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 ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s top court said Thursday that the climate change law did not protect basic human rights and lacks targets to shield future generations, in a landmark ruling ...

During the wildfires, temperatures in South Korea climbed 4.5°C to 10°C (8.1°F to 18°F) above the 1991-2020 average, while western Japan exceeded the average by as much as 7°C to 8.5°C (12.6 ...

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.

South Korea's worst ever wildfires in March were made twice as likely as a result of climate change and such disasters could become even more frequent if temperatures continue to rise, scientists ...