Shower truck offers Seoul’s homeless more than relief from the heat

People become homeless for many different reasons, but South Korea’s brutally hot and humid summer is a hardship they all share. For those sleeping in underpasses or on the streets, a shower at the end of a sweltering day can offer rare relief. Four evenings a week, after many office workers have returned home, the Seoul Metropolitan Government parks a small truck equipped with a private shower booth near Euljiro 1-ga Station. “During the day, they are rarely seen here because the area is crowde