An official at the Power Management Office of the Korea Electric Power Corporation's Gyeonggi Headquarters in Suwon is monitoring the power supply situation as the ongoing heat wave drives up power demand on Thursday.
A heat wave advisory was issued for Seoul for the second consecutive day on Thursday.
Korea experienced scorching weather on Wednesday, just two days before the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.
People and animals sweltered in a heat wave Wednesday, with daytime highs surpassing 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) in the eastern province of Gangwon. Gangwon’s Jeongseon County recorded a high temperature of 35.9 degrees Celsius.
Korea's eastern coastal city of Gangneung, Gangwon, experienced this summer's first tropical night between Monday and Tuesday, seven days earlier than last year.
The year's first heat wave advisory was issued for the southeastern Gyeonsang area, including Daegu, Ulsan and Gimhae, on Monday.
BAT Rothmans unveiled its heat-not-burn cigarette, glo HYPER Pro, on Tuesday.
Costco Korea's country manager Cho Min-soo vowed to enhance labor conditions and prevent a recurrence of the death of a worker in his 20s due to heatstroke in June during a parliamentary hearing on Thursday.
Korea's electricity demand hit a fresh all-time high in August as the country was struck by an unusual heat wave, the industry ministry said Tuesday.
People sit in the shade along the Cheonggyecheon, a stream that flows through downtown Seoul, on Thursday as daytime temperatures remain between 26 and 31 degrees Celsius.
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