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☆ South Korea opposition leader starts hunger strike over government policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Hyunsu Yim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, speaks at campaign rally while campaigning for the presidential election in Seoul, South Korea March 8, 2022. Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, listed an assortment of reasons for his protest at a news conference, without saying how long his hunger strike would last. South Korea has said it neither supports nor agrees with Japan's action, unlike China, which opposed the plan. Yoon's approval ratings slipped slightly to 34% according to a Gallup poll released on Friday, with foreign policy and the Fukushima water issue cited as factors behind his high disapproval ratings. Opposition leader Lee has had his own problems since becoming the head of his party a year ago, just months after he lost the presidential election.

Persons: Lee Jae, myung, Kim Hong, Lee, Yoon Suk Yeol, Hyunsu Yim, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: South Korea's Democratic Party, REUTERS, Rights, Democratic Party of Korea, Gallup, Thomson Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Rights SEOUL, Japan, China, North Korea

☆ North Korea conducts missile launch into sea after US bomber drills
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022. The launch comes a day before South Korea and the U.S. wrap up 11 days of combined military drills, which Pyongyang has denounced. The B-1B bombers conducted separate air drills with warplanes from South Korea and Japan earlier on Wednesday. North Korea's ballistic missiles are banned by United Nations Security Council resolutions that have imposed strict sanctions on the nuclear-armed country. Kirby said Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu had recently travelled to North Korea to try to convince Pyongyang to sell artillery ammunition to Russia.

Persons: Kim Hong, John Kirby, Kirby, Sergei Shoigu, Joe Biden, Yoon Suk Yeol, Fumio Kishida, Chang, Ran Kim, Josh Smith, Alison Williams, Alex Richardson, Josie Kao Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Korea's, Chiefs, Staff, United Nations, White House, Russian, Korean, . Space Force, . U.S, South Korean, Korea, Thomson Locations: Gijungdong, North Korea, Panmunjom, South Korea, Rights SEOUL, TOKYO, U.S, Korea, United States, Pyongyang, Japan, Russia, The U.S, ., Tokyo, Seoul

☆ Luis Rubiales: What investigations could the Spanish soccer chief face?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Emma Pinedo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The prosecutor at the Spanish High Court, which has jurisdiction as the soccer final was abroad, has received several complaints alleging possible sexual aggression. The High Court prosecutor said on Monday the office would contact Hermoso to ask her if she wants to formalise a criminal complaint. World soccer governing body FIFA suspended Rubiales from all football-related activities for three months with immediate effect on Saturday. The Spanish government has strongly condemned Rubiales' actions but can not directly suspend or remove Rubiales from his post as president of the Spanish Royal Football Federation (RFEF), which is a private institution. Although Rubiales is already suspended, Spain's CSD said it would move ahead with its own case regardless.

Persons: Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales, Kim Hong, Luis Rubiales, Jenni Hermoso's, Hermoso, Rubiales, Queen Letizia, Sofia, TAD, Emma Pinedo, Andrei Khalip, Alison Williams Organizations: Soccer Football, FIFA World, Qatar, Khalifa, Royal Spanish Football Federation, REUTERS, Rights, Spanish, Court, High, FIFA, Spanish Royal Football Federation, Sports Council, Friday, Spain's women's, Administrative, Rubiales, Thomson Locations: Japan, Spain, Doha, Qatar, Spanish

☆ North Korea approves return of its citizens from abroad after COVID lockdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool Acquire Licensing RightsSEOUL, Aug 27 (Reuters) - North Korea has approved the return of its citizens who were abroad after years of strict border restrictions during the COVID pandemic, state media reported on Sunday as the isolated country cracks open its border to passenger travel. "Those returned will be put under proper medical observation at quarantine wards for a week," the statement said. Cargo train and ship traffic has slowly increased over the past year, but North Korea has only just begun to allow some international passenger travel. Many foreign delegations closed their embassies in Pyongyang because they were unable to rotate staff or ship in supplies for much of the pandemic.

Persons: Kim Hong, lockdowns, Soo, hyang Choi, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Epidemic, Koryo, North, Thomson Locations: Gijungdong, North Korea, Panmunjom, South Korea, Rights SEOUL, Pyongyang, Beijing, China, Russian, Kazakhstan

[1/5] South Korean people chant slogans during a protest against Japan’s discharge of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, in Seoul, South Korea, August 26, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Acquire Licensing RightsSEOUL, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Protesters gathered in the capital of South Korea on Saturday to demand that the government take steps to avoid what they fear is a looming disaster from Japan's release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The utility responsible for the plant, Tokyo Electric Power (9501.T) has been filtering the water to remove isotopes, leaving only tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that is hard to separate. South Korea has said it sees no scientific problems with the water release but environmental activists argue that all possible impacts have not been studied. The first discharge of 7,800 cubic metres - equivalent to about three Olympic pools - will take place over about 17 days.

Persons: Kim Hong, Choi Kyoungsook, Choi, Gyun Kim, Jimin Jung, Heekyong Yang, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Korea Radiation Watch, Tokyo Electric Power, Kyodo, Thomson Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Rights SEOUL, Japan, Tokyo, Korea

☆ S.Korea police arrest 16 Fukushima protesters targeting Japan embassy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Hongji Kim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A university student is detained while attempting to break into the Japanese embassy on the occasion of Japan releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, in Seoul, South Korea, August 24, 2023. The protest came the day Japan began releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, a polarising move that prompted fresh, fierce criticism from around the region. A Reuters photographer on the scene saw police officers physically carry and drag protesters from the building and bundle them into a bus. A police officer at the Jongno police station in the South Korean capital said 16 people were arrested on charges of trespassing, accusing them of trying to break into the embassy. The Japanese embassy had advised its citizens on Tuesday not to approach Fukushima-related rallies in front of the embassy building, so as to "avoid getting into unnecessary trouble".

Persons: Kim Hong, Han Duck, Hongji Kim, Soo, hyang Choi, Josh Smith, Clarence Fernandez, Christopher Cushing Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Korean, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Japan, Seoul, South Korea, Rights SEOUL, Fukushima, Tokyo

☆ Explainer: More nuclear challenges await Japan after Fukushima water release
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Kiyoshi Takenaka | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Activists attend a protest against Japan's plan to release treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, at the national assembly in Seoul, South Korea, August 24, 2023. MOLTEN FUEL REMOVALTepco has described the effort to remove highly radioactive fuel debris from reactor cores as an "unprecedented and difficult challenge never attempted anywhere in the world". That was the worst nuclear plant accident before the 1986 Chornobyl tragedy in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. About 12.1 trillion yen had been spent on such activities by March 2022, Japan's audit panel, which reviews government expenditures, has said. That represents an expenditure of more than half of the government's estimate, even before really tough tasks such as fuel debris retrieval have begun, in turns raising concerns about cost overruns.

Persons: Kim Hong, Kiyoshi Takenaka, Katya Golubkova, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Tokyo Electric Power Co, Tepco, U.S, Japan, Japan Center for Economic Research, Thomson Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Japan, Pennsylvania, Ukraine, Soviet Union, Fukushima

☆ Protests mount in South Korea over Japan's plan to release Fukushima water
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Jack Kim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol's government has come under criticism as it defended the position that its own assessment found no problems with the scientific and technical aspects of Japan's plan. Democratic Party members and Foreign Minister Park Jin clashed in parliament over the possibility of direct impact to South Korea. [1/5]A woman holds up a placard during a protest against Japan's plan to release treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, in central Seoul, South Korea, August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Acquire Licensing RightsJapan has said that the water release is safe. South Korea said it accepted IAEA's conclusion.

Persons: Japan's, Yoon Suk, Yoon, Lee Jae, myung, Park Jin, Kim Hong, Lee, Jack Kim, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Democratic Party, pollster Media Research, South, Foreign, REUTERS, Japan, International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, assailing, Korea Federation, Environmental, Fisheries, Thomson Locations: SEOUL, South Korea, Japan, Korea's, Seoul, Korea, China, assailing Tokyo, Pacific

Reuters Image Acquire Licensing RightsReuters Image Acquire Licensing RightsReuters Image Acquire Licensing RightsTo be sure, Japan and China are still forces to be reckoned with. But they don't bestride the Treasuries market like they once did, nor does the threat of them selling strike the same fear into bond investors, global markets at large, and even policymakers in Washington. China's Treasuries holdings fell a valuation-adjusted $34 billion in the first half of the year, although its U.S. agency debt holdings rose nearly $20 billion. Reuters Image Acquire Licensing RightsReuters Image Acquire Licensing RightsWith U.S. bond yields at their highest since the late 2000s, the widening yield gap is pushing the yuan and yen to historically low levels against the dollar. Speculation is rising that Beijing or Tokyo could soon dip into their Treasuries holdings to fund dollar-selling intervention in the currency market.

Persons: Kim Hong, Brad Setser, Carol Bertaut, Ruth Judson, Judson, Jamie McGeever, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: South Korean, REUTERS, Rights, Treasuries, . Treasury, Federal Reserve, Reuters, of Foreign Relations, Treasury, U.S, Bank of America, Thomson Locations: Rights ORLANDO , Florida, Japan, China, Belgium, Britain, Washington, Foreign, U.S, Beijing, Tokyo

Office workers look at their mobile phones to check the local online banking app Toss as they gather at Seoul Museum of Art during a lunch break in Seoul, South Korea, April 13, 2023. Interest rate decisions and policy guidance from South Korea and Indonesia take center stage in Asia on Thursday, as investors also navigate the strong cross currents from global equity and bond markets the day before. On the Asian policy front, the Bank of Korea is expected to leave its key policy rate unchanged at 3.50% for a fifth consecutive meeting on Thursday and hold it steady for the rest of this year. Bank Indonesia is also expected to keep its key interest rate steady, at 5.75% for the seventh consecutive meeting and for the rest of the year too. Here are key developments that could provide more direction to markets on Thursday:- South Korea interest rate decision- Indonesia interest rate decision- South Korea producer price inflation (July)By Jamie McGeever; Editing by Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kim Hong, Jamie McGeever, Josie Kao Organizations: Seoul Museum of Art, REUTERS, Wall, Nvidia, Shanghai CSI, Bank of England, European Central Bank, Bank of, Bank Indonesia, Thomson, Reuters Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Indonesia, Asia, Europe, China, Shanghai, Japan, Bank of Korea, Korea

☆ North Korea slams UN human rights meeting as a US 'scheme'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The U.N. Security Council discussed human rights abuses in North Korea on Thursday, with the U.S. ambassador criticising leader Kim Jong Un for using "repression and cruelty" to develop nuclear weapons and missiles. U.S. President Joe Biden and the leaders of South Korea and Japan agreed at Camp David on Friday to deepen military and economic cooperation, facing China's growing power and nuclear threats from North Korea. China, North Korea's major ally, opposed the meeting of the 15-member council on abuses in North Korea but it did not attempt to block it. "We will never tolerate the U.S. and its followers' anti-(North Korea) 'human rights' slander scheme, and will defend the sovereignty of the state, the socialist system and security interests," North Korea's KCNA quoted as an unnamed spokesperson from the country's human rights think tank as saying. North Korea said on Wednesday an American soldier, Travis King who crossed into North Korea last month, had fled racism and abuse in America.

Persons: Kim Hong, Kim Jong, Joe Biden, David, KCNA, Travis King, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, . Security, U.S, Korean, Thomson Locations: Gijungdong, North Korea, Panmunjom, South Korea, Rights SEOUL, Nations, United States, Pyongyang, Japan, China, North, America

☆ US slams North Korea for using repression to build nuclear weapons
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken near the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, July 19, 2022. North Korea (DPRK) has repeatedly rejected accusations of abuses and blames sanctions for a dire humanitarian situation. U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said that there had been decades of chronic human rights violations in North Korea, and that many "stem directly from, or support, the increasing militarization of the DPRK." North Korea did not address the meeting. Ilhyeok Kim fled North Korea when he was 17.

Persons: Kim Hong, Kim Jong Un, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Kim Jong, –, Geng Shuang, Kim, Volker Turk, Travis King, Thomas, Ilhyeok Kim, Michelle Nichols, Alistair Bell Organizations: REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, North, United Nations, U.S, Security Council, China, South, DPRK, State, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Gijungdong, North Korea, Panmunjom, South Korea, United States, China, Albania, Japan, DPRK, Pyongyang, U.S, Korea, Greenfield

☆ Samsung Elec has more than halved its stake in ASML, filings show
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A worker waters a flower bed next to the logo of Samsung Electronics during a media tour at Samsung Electronics' headquarters in Suwon, South Korea, June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSEOUL, Aug 16 (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) has reduced its stake in semiconductor manufacturing equipment maker ASML (ASML.AS) by more than a half, its recent filings showed. Samsung held 2.75 million shares in the Dutch company as of end-June, the South Korean tech giant said in its semi-annual report, down from 6.3 million shares in its first quarter report. The stake that Samsung sold is worth around 2.1 billion euros ($2.29 billion) based on the latest share prices. A Samsung Elec spokesperson confirmed the stake sale but did not elaborate.

Persons: Kim Hong, Heekyong Yang, Jason Neely Organizations: Samsung Electronics, REUTERS, Rights, Samsung, South, Thomson Locations: Suwon, South Korea, Rights SEOUL

☆ South Korean activists protest against Fukushima water discharge
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] South Korean activists take part in a protest against Japan's plan to release treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, in central Seoul, South Korea, August 12, 2023. The signs read "Nuclear power plant is the problem". REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiCompanies Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc FollowSEOUL, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Hundreds of South Korean activists gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to protest against Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for a trilateral summit on Aug. 18. The governments of South Korea, the U.S., and Japan should view it an environmental disaster, rather than a political issue, and agree to block it... for future generations," Choi said.

Persons: Kim Hong, Choi Kyoungsook, Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida, Yoon Suk, Choi, Gyun Kim, Joyce Lee, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: South, Ji Companies Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Korean, Asahi Shimbun, Korea Radiation Watch, Tokyo Electric Power, International Atomic Energy Agency, Japanese, Thomson Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Korea, Japan, U.S

☆ Troubled World Scout Jamboree bows out with K-pop in Seoul
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Hyunsu Yim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A couple takes a selfie with the camping site for the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File PhotoSEOUL, Aug 11 (Reuters) - South Korea hosted a K-pop concert on Friday for thousands of teenage scouts, seeking to salvage national prestige as an ill-fated World Scout Jamboree hit by extreme weather and criticised for poor organisation draws to an end. Around 40,000 people gathered for the concert headlined by NewJeans and IVE at Seoul's World Cup stadium. K-pop agency HYBE and tech group Kakao said they were providing free merchandise for scouts attending Friday's concert. "It is the first time in over 100 years history of World Scout Jamborees to face such compounded challenges," Ahmad Alhendawi, Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, said in a statement on Tuesday.

Persons: Kim Hong, NewJeans, Han Duck, Han, Kakao, Ahmad Alhendawi, 1,325.0700, Hyunsu Yim, Ed Davies, John Stonestreet Organizations: REUTERS, Democratic Party of, World Organization of, Scout Movement, Thomson Locations: Buan, South Korea, SEOUL, Saemangeum, South Korea's, Singapore, Seoul, North Jeolla Province, Democratic Party of Korea

☆ South Korea evacuates thousands of scouts ahead of typhoon
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Hyunsu Yim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Participants gather under the shade as they prepare to leave the camping site of the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 8, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiBUAN, South Korea, Aug 8 (Reuters) - South Korea on Tuesday started evacuating thousands of teenage participants at the World Scout Jamboree from a campsite in the southwest of the country to safer areas mainly around the capital Seoul ahead of an approaching typhoon. Typhoon Khanun, which has already wreaked havoc in southern Japan, is expected to hit southern areas of South Korea on Thursday before tracking up the peninsula, bringing strong winds and rain, according to weather forecasters. Seoul and its surrounding province of Gyeonggi would host more than 16,000 scouts, with others fanning out to six other areas of South Korea, he said. Poland is due to host the next World Scout Jamboree in 2027, but President Andrzej Duda cancelled plans to visit the event in South Korea this week due to the typhoon, an official at the Polish Embassy in Seoul said.

Persons: Kim Hong, Ji BUAN, Khanun, Lee Sang, Ahmad Alhendawi, Yoon Suk, Andrzej Duda, Hyunsu Yim, Hyun Young Yi, Ed Davies, Sonali Paul Organizations: REUTERS, Tuesday, UK Scouts, Reuters, World Organization of, Scout Movement, Polish Embassy, Games, Japan, South Korean, Thomson Locations: Buan, South Korea, Seoul, Japan, Gyeonggi, Poland, Polish, Busan

[1/3] Participants play with a ball at the camping site for the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiSEOUL, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Organisers of the World Scout Jamboree raced on Monday to evacuate thousands of mainly teenage participants from their South Korea campsite before a typhoon is expected to hit the area just days after a debilitating heatwave. Typhoon Khanun, which has wreaked havoc in southern Japan, is forecast to reach southern South Korea on Thursday, near the jamboree's campsite in Jeolla province. South Korea's government has informed the group that they were planning an early departure from the campsite due to the typhoon, the World Organization of the Scout Movement said. South Korea has pledged to ensure the event's safety, and have laid on water trucks, air-conditioned spaces and medics.

Persons: Kim Hong, Ji, Khanun, Yoon Suk, Kim Kwan, Hyunsu Yim, Ed Davies, Robert Birsel Organizations: REUTERS, World Organization of, Scout Movement, Local, Scouts, ABC, Thomson Locations: Buan, South Korea, Ji SEOUL, Korea, Japan, Jeolla province, Seoul, North Jeolla, Australian, U.S, British

☆ World Scout Jamboree: Extreme weather forces teenagers to leave campsite early in South Korea event concludes early due to extreme weather in South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Gawon Bae Jake Kwon Jessie Yeung | Gawon Bae | Jake Kwon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The World Scout Jamboree, held in Saemangeum on the country’s west coast, saw nearly 40,000 teenagers turn up, according to organizers. The event was supposed to feature outdoor activities, cultural performances, sustainability workshops and other offerings for the participants, mostly middle and high schoolers. But extreme weather has put a dampener on festivities and scouts are now leaving the main venue almost a week ahead of schedule. The typhoon is forecast to hit South Korea on Thursday, with up to 6 inches (150 millimeters) of rainfall expected, according to CNN meteorologists. Participants play with a ball at the campsite for the 25th World Scout Jamboree in South Korea, on August 4, 2023.

Persons: Khanun, Kim Sung, Ho, Kim Hong, Kim Hyun, Yoon Suk Yeol, US Army Garrison Humphreys Organizations: South Korea CNN, Organization of, Scout Movement, Government of, CNN, Safety Management, Korean Meteorological Agency, South, US Army, Reuters Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Saemangeum, Republic of Korea, Korea, United States, Britain, Singapore

☆ Too hot for K-pop as South Korea scrambles to save scout jamboree
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Jack Kim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A British participant who left a camping site of the 25th World Scout Jamboree arrives at a hotel in Seoul, South Korea, August 5, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiSEOUL, Aug 6 (Reuters) - A K-pop music concert scheduled for Sunday at a World Scout Jamboree in South Korea was postponed due to heat safety concerns as the host pressed on with the meet despite extreme temperatures that led three national contingents to pull out. Minister of Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min said the jamboree organisers "accepted the concerns over safety-related incidents" if the show was held on Sunday night. Temperatures at the jamboree site have hovered above 33 Celsius (91.4F). But the jamboree host and the government of South Korea said they had consulted with participating scouting contingents and decided the jamboree should continue.

Persons: Kim Hong, Ji, Lee Sang, Lee, Jacob Murray, Jack Kim, Tom Hogue Organizations: REUTERS, of Interior, World Organization of, Scout Movement, Thomson Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Ji SEOUL, American, Singapore

☆ World Scout Jamboree in limbo as American and British groups pull out over extreme heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The World Scout Jamboree in South Korea faced calls to be canceled on Saturday after large contingents from the United States and Britain pulled out a week early over extreme heat and weather conditions. In an effort to calm the situation, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered officials to roll out tour programs showcasing Korean culture and nature in Seoul and other cities, available for all scouts. “We had the word of the leadership of the government that things will be improved.”A participant receives medical treatment at Jamboree Hospital during the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 4, 2023. Kim Hong-Ji/ReutersThe US contingent will take part in a jamboree program on Saturday before moving to US Army Garrison Humphreys near the jamboree site on Sunday, according to an email reviewed by Reuters. “The US contingent to the World Scout Jamboree has made the difficult decision that we will be departing the 25th World Scout Jamboree site early because of ongoing extreme weather and resulting conditions at the jamboree site,” said the email sent to parents by the US group’s media team.

Persons: Kristin Sayers, Corey’s, ”, Yoon Suk Yeol, Marina Rustan, “, Kim Hong, Garrison Humphreys Organizations: South Korean, Argentina Scout Association, Jamboree Hospital, US, Reuters, Organization of, Scout Movement, Korean Scout Association, ” Locations: South Korea, United States, Britain, Singapore, Saemangeum, Buan, South Korea’s, Virginia, Seoul, Philippines, Argentina

☆ Heatwave-hit jamboree in S.Korea in doubt as American scouts leave
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Hyunsu Yim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Participants wait in a long line to get into a souvenir shop at the camping site for the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiBUAN, South Korea, Aug 5 (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. The U.S. contingent will take part in a jamboree programme on Saturday before moving to U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys near the jamboree site on Sunday, according to an email reviewed by Reuters. "The US Contingent to the World Scout Jamboree has made the difficult decision that we will be departing the 25th World Scout Jamboree site early because of ongoing extreme weather and resulting conditions at the jamboree site," said the email sent to parents by the U.S. group's media team. Organisers would meet on Saturday to discuss whether to continue, cancel or scale back the event, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

Persons: Kim Hong, Ji BUAN, U.S . Army Garrison Humphreys, Hyunsu Yim, Tom Hogue, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, South Korean, U.S, U.S . Army, Reuters, Contingent, Organization of, Scout Movement, Korean Scout Association, Minwoo, Thomson Locations: Buan, South Korea, United States, Britain, U.S, Saemangeum, South Korea's, Seoul

Seoul, South Korea CNN —Hundreds of teenage boy and girl scouts have fallen ill at a global event in South Korea as a sweltering heat wave sweeps the country, angering some parents who have called for the 12-day event to be canceled. Their visit came as South Korea recorded consistently high temperatures up to 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit), triggering nationwide heat wave warnings and posing a major headache for jamboree organizers. On Thursday alone, 1,486 people visited the on-site hospital at the World Scout Jamboree, held in Saemangeum, a few hours south of Seoul, according to Kim. Kim Hong-Ji/ReutersCNN has reached out to jamboree organizers for a response to the parents’ comments. The fire service has been operating the on-site hospital, with about 200 fire department personnel deployed every day to the event site.

Persons: Kim Hyun, Kim, commenter, ”, Kim Hong, ’, Yoon Suk, “, – Organizations: South Korea CNN, Jeonbuk, Service, Reuters CNN Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Saemangeum

☆ South Korea's Yoon orders water trucks, buses for heatwave-hit scout jamboree
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Participants cool down at a water supply zone of the camping site for the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-JiSEOUL, Aug 4 (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered on Friday that air-conditioned buses and water trucks be sent to a global scout event his country is hosting, after hundreds of teenage participants fell ill due to hot weather. At least 600 people at the World Scout Jamboree, which kicked off in southwestern Buan on Tuesday, have so far been treated for heat-related ailments, officials said. Yoon called for an "unlimited" supply of buses where the scouts can rest and cool down and trucks to provide water, his press secretary, Kim Eun-hye, said in a statement. More than 43,000 participants, most of them scouts aged between 14 and 18, are attending the jamboree, the first global gathering of the scouts since the pandemic.

Persons: Kim Hong, Ji, Yoon Suk Yeol, Yoon, Kim Eun, Soo, Choi, Ed Davies Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Buan, South Korea, Ji SEOUL

North Korea's state media, which in the past reported on the detention of U.S. nationals, have also not commented on the incident so far. "I don't think anyone who was sane would want to go to North Korea, so I assumed it was some kind of stunt." State Department spokesman Miller said Sweden has been engaged as it acts as a diplomatic channel for Washington which remains technically at war with North Korea. North Korea has previously detained Americans who entered the country and put them on trial but eventually released them, often following high-level diplomatic intervention. A former North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea said King may be used as a propaganda tool, but it was not clear how long North Korea would want to exploit his presence.

Persons: Kim Hong, Ji, Travis T, Matthew Miller, King, Sarah Leslie, Miller, Karine Jean, Pierre, Biden, Otto Warmbier, hyang Choi, Phil Smith, Steve Holland, Jack Kim, Ed Davies, Lincoln Organizations: REUTERS, State Department, Pentagon, Korean People's Army, North, Joint Security Area, New Zealand, Reuters, . State, U.S, United Nations Command, Thomson Locations: Panmunjom, South Korea, U.S, Sweden, North Korea, SEOUL, WASHINGTON, Washington, Pyongyang, North, United States, New, Korea, Korean, Seoul

☆ Is this extreme weather the ‘new normal?’ There’s no such thing, some scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Just over halfway through July and already a slew of extreme weather records has been broken. Southern Europe is experiencing one of its most extreme heat waves on record, with wildfires raging in Greece, Spain and Switzerland. It’s a shifting baseline of ever-more devastating impacts as long as the Earth continues to warm.”For scientists like Mann and Cloke, this year’s extreme weather has largely not been surprising. Extreme heat could be quickly followed by heavy rainfall impacting society, agriculture, and ecosystems in unusual ways,” she told CNN. The planet is around 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer than it was before the industrial revolution – still short of the 1.5 degrees scientists are warning the planet should stay under.

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