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Attendees of the World Scout Jamboree leave a scout camping site in Buan, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Buses began moving thousands of global Scouts from their campsite on South Korea's coast to inland venues Tuesday ahead of a tropical storm that is forecast to bring intense rains and strong winds to the peninsula within days. (Kim Myung-nyeon/Newsis via AP)

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South Korea evacuates thousands of Scouts from coastal campsite as tropical storm nears
By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Mon,08/07/23-9:26PM , 98 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Carrying huge backpacks and water bottles, tens of thousands of Scouts began arriving at university dormitories, government and corporate training centers, and hotels around Seoul and other inland cities on Tuesday as the South Korean government evacuated the World Scout Jamboree ahead of a tropical storm.
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South Korea is preparing to evacuate tens of thousands of scouts from a coastal jamboree site as Tropical Storm Khanun looms. AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports.

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Tens of thousands of young scouts to evacuate world jamboree in South Korea as storm Khanun looms
By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Mon,08/07/23-12:42AM , 192 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will evacuate tens of thousands of scouts by bus from a coastal jamboree site as Tropical Storm Khanun looms, officials said Monday.
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In this undated photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un tries a weapon during his three-day inspection from Aug. 3 until Aug. 5, 2023 at major munitions factories in North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

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North Korean leader Kim tours weapons factories and vows to advance his arms and his war readiness
By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Sat,08/05/23-9:07PM , 153 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured the country’s key weapons factories, including those producing artillery systems and launch vehicles for nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, and pledged to speed up efforts to advance his military’s arms and war readiness, state media said Sunday.
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Police officers patrol around the Seohyeon subway station in Seongnam, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. A man rammed a car onto a sidewalk Thursday and then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people near the subway station in the city of Seongnam. On Friday, South Korean police are chasing the suspect in a stabbing attack in at a high school in the central city of Daejeon. (Hong Ji-won/Yonhap via AP)

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South Korea detains suspect in high school teacher's stabbing a day after separate attack wounded 14
By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Fri,08/04/23-12:54AM , 133 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police detained a man suspected of stabbing a high school teacher with a knife Friday in the city of Daejeon.
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