South Korea is determined to push ahead with the World Scout Jamboree, officials said on Monday, even as organisers plan to evacuate thousands of teenage participants out of the path of a typhoon that is expected to drench their campsite.
The storm is the latest headache for the organisers of the jamboree, which began on Tuesday amid one of the worst heatwaves to hit South Korea in years.to fall ill, and triggered complaints from parents as well as the withdrawal of the British and U.S. contingents.
Kim Sung-ho, a senior interior ministry official, told reporters that about 36,000 participants would be taken by bus on Tuesday to areas that are away from the path of the typhoon. Officials are seeking alternate venues and accommodation in and around Seoul, as well as in university dorms. More than 40,000 people were at the jamboree, the first global scout gathering since the pandemic.
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