SEOUL - A K-pop music concert scheduled for Sunday at a World Scout Jamboree in South Korea was postponedas the host pressed on with the meet despite extreme temperatures that led three national contingents to pull out.
Hundreds of participants have fallen ill due to the searing heat, prompting complaints from parents over the safety of their children. On Saturday, 132 additional people were treated for heat-related conditions, the jamboree organisers said. But British, American and Singapore contingents continued to leave the jamboree on the Saemangeum reclaimed land project on the west coast on Sunday, moving to other locations in the country, including hotels in the capital city Seoul.
The lack of shaded areas and inadequate water supply, food service and sanitation facilities prompted civic groups, parents and the World Organisation of the Scout Movement to recommend on Saturday that the event be wrapped up early.