Typhoon forces South Korea to evacuate scout jamboree
Organisers of the World Scout Jamboree asked host South Korea Monday to "urgently" evacuate tens of thousands of children from their campsite ahead of a typhoon, just days after a heatwave. The government had said it would send 1,000 buses to move the mostly teenage scouts from the site.
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00:00 We're in a troop and in a patrol, stay together!
00:05 It's so exhausting with the heat and drinking every day as much as somehow possible.
00:13 And then after a break it's okay again, but...
00:18 The worst thing about all of this is, it was for the kids.
00:26 I'm 62 years old, but this was all for the kids.
00:30 And now they go home disappointed. It should have been such a nice experience.
00:54 I feel very, very sorry for the Korean nation and the Korean people because
01:00 I think that they would have loved to present their country, their culture, their community in a more positive way.
01:23 I think it's sad because it feels like the participants cannot enjoy the whole experience.
01:31 And that's why I'm sad, because there would have been more they could have participated in.
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