SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Eighteen people have died of apparent heat-related illnesses in South Korea since late May, the disease control agency said Friday, as the sweltering heat continues to engulf the country. The number of people hospitalized for such illnesses, including those who have died, came to 1,385 between May 20 and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Construction Workers Union (KTWU) on Wednesday urged the labor ministry to enact safety measures to protect construction workers exposed to the sweltering heat. The construction union, affiliated with the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), said 81.7 percent of 3,206 construction workers said in a survey that [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of heatstroke patients in South Korea has surged in the past two days, following a heat wave that hit the country after the end of the rainy season. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) on Saturday, 46 people were diagnosed with heatstroke across [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s electricity consumption reached a record monthly high last month, as the country was gripped by a sweltering heat wave, the power operator said Tuesday. The country’s average maximum power consumption came to 82,007 megawatts (MW) in July, up 1 percent from a year earlier, according to the [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Zoo, inside the Seoul Grand Park, just south of Seoul, held a special event on Tuesday to offer respite to its animals suffering from the sweltering summer heat. For Siberian tigers, the park cooled down the water temperature of the swimming pool by floating large pieces of ice [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A heat wave warning was issued for most of the country on Sunday as daytime highs stayed above 30 Celsius degrees. The nationwide heat wave is expected to continue for the time being. Heat wave warnings and watches are issued when the daily maximum sensible temperature stays above 35 Celsius degrees and [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s electricity demand touched a fresh all-time high in June as the country was struck by an early heat wave, data showed Monday. The country’s maximum power demand averaged 71,805 megawatts (MW) last month, up 4.3 percent from a year earlier and marking the highest tally for any [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Thursday it will provide an in-house developed ‘heat distribution map’ to municipal governments across the country, aimed at helping them better respond to heat waves this year. The heat distribution map provides information on average temperatures at a uniform interval of [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – With a searing heat wave scorching South Korea for nearly two weeks, heat damage to agricultural, livestock and fish farmers has been snowballing nationwide, officials said Friday. Seoul and almost all parts of the country have been gripped by a prolonged heat wave that sent daytime highs above 35 [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite an extended heat wave scorching South Korea for nearly a week, almost all popular beaches nationwide were noticeably quieter than usual on Saturday, apparently due to growing public jitters over the spread of COVID-19. Unrelenting hot weather continued in most parts of the country for the sixth consecutive [...]