A scathing report released by the international scouting movement concluded the Korean government and national scout association “failed” to deliver on key promises regarding the disastrous 25th World Scout Jamboree held in North Jeolla last year.
A plenary meeting of the parliamentary Gender Equality and Family Committee scheduled for Friday to discuss the issues surrounding the recent World Scout Jamboree was disrupted due to the absence of the gender equality minister and PPP lawmakers.
Looking back at the World Scout Jamboree fiasco, Incheon National University says help from its faculty and students allowed them to accommodate the scouts successfully and bid farewell to them with good memories.
I wonder if the North Jeolla governor and the gender minister still think that the toilet problem was a minor issue.
Three foreign scouts have been detained in Seoul on suspicion of shoplifting, local police said Tuesday.
The disorganization of the 25th World Scout Jamboree was thrown into sharper relief on Wednesday as several mix-ups in accommodation arrangements for evacuated participants came to light.
Ten people were injured after a tour bus carrying Swiss scouts collided with a public bus in Suncheon, South Jeolla, on Wednesday afternoon, according to local authorities.
Responsibility for hosting and arranging activities for almost 37,000 Jamboree participants has now largely shifted from the Jamboree’s organizing committee to local governments across Korea as scouts and volunteers left the campsite on Tuesday.
Delegations continued leaving the troubled 25th World Scout Jamboree on Sunday despite the Korean government’s additional promises to ensure safety, with the North Jeolla scouting group blaming their exit on an alleged incident of sexual harrassment.
British participants at the 25th World Scout Jamboree will leave the event's Saemangeum site for Seoul amid an extreme heatwave that has sickened hundreds of participants and left the Korean government scrambling to provide relief.
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