The South Korean heatwave is expected to peak in Seoul on Thursday, and forecasts indicate that the temperature in the capital city will rise to 39 degrees Celsius. More than 20 people have died as a result of this round of extreme weather. “Unprecedentedly extreme heat has been raging for days. “The heatwave, which used to only appear in foreign news reports, is now our reality,” President Lee Jae-myung said at a heatwave response work conference on Thursday. Li Zaiming requested all ministries, departments and local governments to mobilize all human and material resources until the heatwave abates, focusing on safeguarding people's lives and safety, increasing protection for vulnerable groups, and strictly implementing a rest system for outdoor workers during high temperatures. The predicted temperature will bring Seoul closer to its all-time high of 39.6 degrees Celsius in August 2018, the last time South Korea experienced a historic heatwave. The Korea Meteorological Agency said that nighttime temperatures in some areas hardly dropped below 30 degrees Celsius; media footage showed that large numbers of people flocked to streams, department stores, and other places with air conditioning to escape the heat.

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