Malaysian scouts in S.Korea relocated to safe location

A line of coaches is seen on a road outside a campsite during preparations for scouts to leave the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, North Jeolla province on August 8, 2023. Tens of thousands of scouts were being evacuated from their problem-plagued South Korean campsite on August 8 ahead of a typhoon, as the scout chief said the challenges were unprecedented in a century of global jamborees. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)

PUTRAJAYA: A total of 474 members of the Malaysian scout contingent attending the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Saemangeum, South Korea are currently in the process of being relocated due to the threat of heat waves, and the site of the jamboree being in the path of tropical storm Khanun.

They were relocated to two places, namely the Korea National University of Agriculture and Fisheries and Jeonbuk National University in Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, according to a statement from the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday (Aug 8).