South Korea’s Forest Fire Patrols Struggle With Rising Fatigue Amid Surge in Illegal Burning

CHEONGJU, South Korea, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — As wildfires continue to spread across South Korea this spring, local government officials and forest fire patrol officers are working around the clock, battling not only flames but growing exhaustion. In Naesu-eup, a rural district of Cheongju, 73-year-old forest fire watcher Lee Sang-bok begins his day as [...]