South Korea's Lee orders emergency response to record heatwave

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday ordered an all-out government response to a record-breaking heatwave that has killed 21 people and sent thousands to hospitals.

South Korea's president orders all-out response to heatwave  Reuters

SEOUL: South Korea's heatwave is expected to peak over Seoul on Thursday (Aug 6), with the capital forecast to hit 39 degrees Celsius in a spell of extreme weather already blamed for more than 20 deaths."Extreme heat on a scale we have never experienced is continuing day after day. Heatwave conditions once seen only in