fires

SEOUL (AFP) – Multiple fires were raging in the northeast of North Korea recently, with a plume of smoke extending far out over the ocean, according to satellite photos seen Thursday. Official media in the communist state has made no mention of the apparently massive wildfires. The true-colour...

SEOUL, South Korea – NASA has posted a satellite image showing huge plumes of smoke billowing across northeastern North Korea. NASA says on its Web site that the image was taken Oct. 15. The image shows more than a dozen clouds of smoke that appear to be blowing eastward, with some of them...