South Korea is spraying water on the tracks and slowing down trains due to the heatwave
South Korean rail operator KORAIL is using nearly 600 automatic track-spraying systems to prevent the tracks from warping…
Temperatures above 40 Celsius recorded in Seoul and two other cities in South Korea
SEOUL (Bernama-Yonhap): Temperatures topped 40 C in Seoul and other parts of South Korea on Friday, the state…
Record-breaking heat impacts South Korea, suspected heat death toll rises to 21
South Korea reported 2 441 heat-related illness cases and 21 suspected heat-related deaths from May 15 through August…
South Korea’s president orders all-out response to heatwave
By Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, Aug 6 (Reuters) – South Korea’s heatwave is expected to peak over Seoul on…
Seoul Issues a Heat-Tied First Amid ‘National Disaster’
South Korea’s record-smashing heat wave is now bearing down on its capital. Seoul is poised to issue…
South Korea’s Lee calls heatwave a national disaster as deaths rise to 19
By Daewoung Kim, Soohyun Jung and Heejin Kim SEOUL, Aug 4 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae…
South Korea faces record heat as death toll rises to 16
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday called on authorities to strengthen support for people affected by…
Bangkok Post – North Korea advises citizens to eat dog meat to beat the summer heat
Dogs look on from their cage at a dog meat farm in Hwaseong, South Korea, on Nov 21,…
How are South Korean authorities responding to the heatwave?
South Korea has recorded the highest temperature since modern weather observations began more than a century ago, with…
South Korea issues first severe heatwave alert for Seoul
South Korea’s weather agency issued its first-ever “severe heatwave warning” for Seoul on Monday under a new alert…
Record heatwave spreads across Korean peninsula, prompting emergency response
Prime Minister Han Seong-sook ordered ministries and local governments to mobilise all available resources to respond to heatwave…
Korea heatwave hits 42.5°C in Yangsan as South and North Korea issue alerts
A record heatwave is gripping the Korean peninsula, sending temperatures soaring across South Korea and North Korea as…