South Korea president orders ‘unlimited’ cooled buses for World Scout Jamboree amid heatwave

Yoon Suk Yeol tells officials to provide cold water trucks and improved food, after hundreds fall ill with heat-related illnesses amid soaring temperatures

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South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol has ordered that unlimited" air-conditioned buses and cold-water trucks be sent to a global Scouts event his country is hosting, after hundreds of teenage participants fell ill due to a heatwave.

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.