Record-breaking heat grips North Korea, South Korea and Japan

Extreme temperatures in Japan and the Korean peninsula have led to deaths and illnesses and affected day-to-day life, during a heat wave that South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has deemed a "national disaster."

The country has been gripped by a record-setting heat wave that endangered both players and spectators.

North Korea promotes beach resort amid deadly heat wave  edition.cnn.com

North Korea’s state media has recommended dog meat soup as protection against summer heat, reviving Pyongyang’s long-running effort to promote the controversial dish as record high temperatures grip both sides of the Korean peninsula. Rodong Sinmun, the ruling Workers’ Party newspaper, published health advice on Sunday