South Korea's Yoon orders water trucks, buses for heatwave-hit scout jamboree

FILE PHOTO: Participants for the 25th World Scout Jamboree arrive at a camping site in Buan, South Korea, August 2, 2023. Yonhap via REUTERS

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered on Friday that air-conditioned buses and water trucks be sent to a global scout event his country is hosting, after hundreds of teenage participants fell ill due to hot weather.

At least 600 people at the World Scout Jamboree, which kicked off in southwestern Buan on Tuesday, have so far been treated for heat-related ailments, officials said.