SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The state audit agency said Saturday it will launch a comprehensive inspection next week into the country’s hosting of the World Scout Jamboree last month after the event faced much criticism for poor preparations. The 12-day event, which kicked off Aug. 1, underwent significant challenges, including a heat wave [...]
IKSAN, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — After the challenging operation of the 2023 World Scout Jamboree, local communities collaborated to tackle the sudden, large-scale meal preparation for the Scout members. According to Kim Heung-ju, a professor at Wonkwang University, over 2,000 Scouts arrived at the university’s dormitory in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, on Aug. 8, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — About 10,000 young Scouts and adult volunteers who participated in the 2023 World Scout Jamboree in South Korea are ready to depart back home Saturday, the interior and safety ministry said. According to the ministry, over 10,000 participants headed to the airport on Saturday alone to return to their [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — About 40,000 participants of the 2023 World Scout Jamboree gathered in Seoul on Friday for a K-pop concert, wrapping up the world event plagued by a heat wave and a typhoon with a glitzy entertainment show. The “K-pop super live” concert took place at Seoul World Cup Stadium in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jogye Order, South Korea’s biggest Buddhist sect, said Wednesday it has launched a program for participants of the World Scout Jamboree, who have been relocated to Seoul in anticipation of the arrival of Typhoon Khanun, providing them with an opportunity to engage with traditional temple culture. The Jogye [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Cultural experience programs for World Scout Jamboree participants, evacuated to eight different regions from the Saemangeum venue earlier this week, will be held only indoors Thursday due to the onset of the powerful Typhoon Khanun, a minister in charge of the event’s safety said Wednesday. About 37,000 young Scouts [...]
BUAN, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — On Tuesday morning at Saemangeum Campground in Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do, the 2023 Saemangeum World Scout Jamboree unfolds. The day kicks off with 1,014 buses arriving from across the nation, entrusted with transporting 37,000 scouts to Seoul due to the World Scouting Federation’s early evacuation decision. Efficient logistics rule the day. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — About 37,000 young Scouts and adult volunteers from 156 countries began arriving at about 130 different accommodations in Seoul and seven other regions hours after leaving Saemangeum, the venue of the 25th World Scout Jamboree, four days ahead of schedule Tuesday morning due to the approach of a powerful [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — All remaining participants in the 25th World Scout Jamboree will begin to depart from the campsite in the Saemangeum reclaimed land in southwestern South Korea on Tuesday morning, the government said Monday, as a powerful typhoon is approaching the nation. The early departure is set to start at 10 [...]
BUAN, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The overall situation at the campground of the 25th World Scout Jamboree appears to be improving gradually day by day, following all-out support from the South Korean government, public institutions and private companies. The quadrennial global event ran into a crisis soon after kicking off on remote reclaimed land [...]