Big firms like Samsung offer help as extreme heat blankets scout jamboree in South Korea

A general view shows the campsite of the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, North Jeolla province. American and British scouts pulled out of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea, citing scorching temperatures, as organisers weighed whether to cut short an event also reportedly plagued by dire campsite conditions. — AFP

Major South Korean companies including Samsung Electronics Co pitched in to help a World Scout Jamboree dubbed a "survival game” by participants due to high heat and poor conditions that caused delegations from the US and UK to pull out due to health concerns.

The companies will provide items such as medical support, shelters and diversions for the participants at the event held on a massive land reclamation project in the southwest part of South Korea.