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By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - Organisers of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea, who have been grappling with a debilitating heatwave for days, ...
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - Organisers of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea, who have been grappling with a debilitating heatwave for days, ...
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - Organisers of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea, who have been grappling with a debilitating heatwave for days, ...
BUAN, South Korea (Reuters) -The World Scout Jamboree in South Korea faced calls to be cancelled on Saturday after large contingents from the United States and Britain pulled out a week early over extreme heat and weather conditions. Saturday's pullout by the U.S., as well as Singapore, is a fresh blow to the organisers and the South Korean government, which on Friday promised more water trucks, air-conditioned spaces and medics in an attempt to save the event. Temperatures have hit 34 Celsius (
South Korea decided on Saturday to press on with hosting the World Scout Jamboree, despite warnings about the dangers posed by the extreme heat the country is enduring, and the US and British contingents pulling out a week early.