S. Korea scrambles to bolster heatwave-hit scout jamboree FMTNews FMTWorld
Attendees of the World Scout Jamboree beat the heat under a vine tunnel at a campsite in Buan today.
Temperatures have hit 34°C in Saemangeum, the area of reclaimed land near the city of Buan on South Korea’s west coast where 39,000 participants, mostly scouts aged 14 to 18, are camping.Scouts from Britain, the largest contingent, said today that they were moving to hotels in the capital Seoul for the rest of their stay, hoping to alleviate the pressure on the site.
President Yoon Suk-yeol called a cabinet meeting to approve spending 6 billion won to support the jamboree, and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said the government would “use its all resources to ensure that the jamboree can end safely”.
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