Twelve runners collapsed from heat exhaustion during a marathon in Paju, Gyeonggi, on Sunday, as authorities pointed to unseasonably warm weather as the likely cause.
British participants at the 25th World Scout Jamboree will leave the event's Saemangeum site for Seoul amid an extreme heatwave that has sickened hundreds of participants and left the Korean government scrambling to provide relief.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap
