US, UK scouts abandon heatwave-hit South Korean jamboree
The World Organization of the Scout Movement has called on South Korea to shorten the jamboree currently taking place in North Jeolla province, pointing to scorching temperatures and dire campsite conditions. – EPA pic, August 5, 2023.
AMERICAN and British scouts pulled out of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea today citing scorching temperatures, as organisers weighed whether to cut short an event also reportedly plagued by dire campsite conditions. About 43,000 people have joined the jamboree in North Jeolla province, but an extreme heatwave has seen hundreds of scouts fall ill, forcing Seoul to deploy military doctors and vow an all-out effort to salvage the event.
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