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World Scout Jamboree

11 August 2023

  • Scouts leaving the campsite of the World Scout Jamboree on dirt road with big backpacks

    ‘The scouts were getting sicker and sicker’: inside the chaos of the world jamboree

    A Swedish scout leader diarises a challenging 10 days in South Korea, from heavy rains to heatstroke – with K-pop at the end

9 August 2023

  • Scouts carry bags in South Korea.

    ‘Worst nightmare’: South Korea mulls disastrous Scout jamboree

    Youngsters faced a heatwave, flooded tents, sewage spills and an expensive evacuation – but concerns were raised before the event even began

8 August 2023

  • Scouts prepare to leave the campsite of the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea.

    Thousands of scouts evacuated from world jamboree in South Korea as storm nears

  • Footage shows 1,000 buses evacuating scouts from South Korea jamboree – video

7 August 2023

  • The campsite of the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea

    The climate cost of scouts’ ill-judged South Korea jamboree

  • The campsite of the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea.

    South Korea to evacuate scout jamboree as typhoon looms

  • Site has been plagued by issues including heatwave that left hundreds ill last week

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    South Korea to evacuate scout jamboree as typhoon looms – video report

  • British scout members leave the World Scout Jamboree campsite in Buan, South Korea

    UK Scouts says £1m cost of relocating jamboree will affect its work for years

5 August 2023

  • US and UK scouts pull out of world jamboree campsite due to extreme heat – video

    Thousands of scouts to be removed from site after hundreds of heat-related illnesses at event in South Korea
  • Scouts wearing hats and backpacks wheel bags through the doors of a hotel

    Mother of UK scout tells of ‘unbearable’ conditions at South Korea jamboree

    Woman says 16-year-old son was exhausted from camping in temperatures of up to 35C and is now at hotel in Seoul
  • Rows of tents arranged for the jamboree, with a resident in the foreground taken a picture on his phone

    US and UK scouts pull out of world jamboree campsite due to extreme heat

    Thousands of scouts to be removed from site after hundreds of heat-related illnesses at event in South Korea

4 August 2023

  • Scouts attending the World Scout Jamboree cool off, spraying water over one another at the campsite in Buan, South Korea, Friday 4 August 2023.

    ‘A bit horrific’: Scouts at jamboree in South Korea on campsite conditions

  • Tents are pitched at the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, on Friday.

    South Korea spends millions to rescue World Scout Jamboree amid scorching heatwave

3 August 2023

  • People arriving at scout camping site

    Thousands of British children caught in World Scout Jamboree chaos

    Parents complain about poor organisation as hundreds fall ill from extreme heat in South Korea event

  • Hundreds fall ill from heat at World Scout Jamboree in South Korea – video

    Parts of South Korea have been experiencing temperatures over 38C (100.4F) this week, and the heat has killed at least 16 people, according to official data
  • An ambulance passes a scout camping site during the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, on Wednesday. Hundreds have been affected by heat-related illness this week.

    Heatwave sees hundreds fall ill at World Scout Jamboree in South Korea

    At least 400 require treatment for heat-related symptoms on first day of global event attracting more than 40,000 young people from 158 countries
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