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05/04/2019 GMT

South Korean army deployed to extinguish wildfires

BBC World Service - Newsday, South Korean army deployed to extinguish wildfires

The blaze has destroyed several hundred buildings

The blaze has destroyed several hundred buildings.

The South Korean army has been deployed to extinguish wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes near the border with North Korea; the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has had her US visa revoked -- after opening a war crimes inquiry in Afghanistan; and we remember the musician Kurt Cobain on the 25th anniversary of his death.

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