A man wipes off sweat at a jjokbang village which is a tiny single-room housing district, in Seoul, South Korea, August 4, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Speaking at a cabinet meeting, Lee called on officials to take necessary measures to protect the daily lives of people and inspect power systems as demand for air conditioning surges.
Villagers wait in a line to get free meals at a jjokbang village which is a tiny single-room housing district, in Seoul, South Korea, August 4, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
"We need to make efforts for a fundamental overhaul of the national crisis system, since this extreme weather is becoming normal," he said.
A man sits with a cigarette in hand, near cooling mist at a jjokbang village which is a tiny single-room housing district, in Seoul, South Korea, August 4, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
The nation's weather agency said Yangsan, a southeastern inland city, recorded a temperature of 42.5 degrees Celsius (108.5 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday, the highest temperature measured in 122 years of weather observations.
A sparrow sits near cooling water mist at a jjokbang village which is a tiny single-room housing district, in Seoul, South Korea, August 4, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
The Korea Meteorological Administration also issued its first-ever heatwave warning for parts of Seoul and neighbouring Gyeonggi on Monday, extending this to all of the capital on Tuesday.
