All of Seoul under highest heat alert, as President Lee calls heat wave a national disaster

South Korea issued its highest-level heat alert across all of Seoul on Tuesday, as President Lee Jae Myung urged the government to treat the prolonged heat wave as a national disaster and take immediate measures to protect lives. The Korea Meteorological Administration expanded the severe heat warning to Seoul’s northeastern and northwestern districts at 11 a.m., extending the alert to the entire capital after it had already been in effect in the city’s southeastern and southwestern areas. The h