{"id":57342,"date":"2023-08-07T22:09:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T13:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2023\/aug\/07\/south-korea-to-evacuate-scout-jamboree-as-typhoon-looms-video-report"},"modified":"2023-08-07T22:09:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T13:09:54","slug":"south-korea-to-evacuate-scout-jamboree-as-typhoon-looms-video-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=57342","title":{"rendered":"South Korea to evacuate scout jamboree as typhoon looms \u2013 video report"},"content":{"rendered":"

All participants at this year\u2019s World Scout Jamboree in South Korea will be evacuated from the event\u2019s campsite before the scheduled end date of 12 August due to a typhoon that is expected to make landfall over the Korean peninsula in the coming days.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The event, which attracted 43,000 scouts from 158 countries, has been plagued by issues since it started on Tuesday, including a heatwave that resulted in hundreds of participants being treated for heat-related ailments<\/a>, and reports of poor sanitation, waterlogged conditions caused by heavy rain, as well as rotten food and swarms of mosquitoes and flies.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Matt Hyde, the chief executive of the UK Scouts, says safety concerns had cut short the experience, and had led to the 4,500-member UK contingent being moved from the campsite.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Scout members will leave the campsite sequentially, starting on Tuesday at 10am, transported on more than 1,000 buses<\/p>\n<\/p>\n