Mastodawn

Dope Old Person Aug 12, 2023

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/bts-members-recalled-world-scout-jamboree-south-korea-b2391264.html

Fans outraged as lawmakers try to recall BTS members from their military service to perform at World Scout Jamboree K-pop concert

‘For God’s sake, BTS is not a cultural weapon to be deployed at wherever South Korea needs it,’ one fan wrote

The Independent

10원 Tips Aug 12, 2023

Something cool (both interesting and air conditioned) for the scouts from the #WorldScoutJamboree. They visited the Naver 1784 building, a kind of hybrid office/research center for automation/robotics.
Via https://zdnet.co.kr/view/?no=20230810161130
#wsj2023 #ScoutJamboree #WorldScoutJamboree2023

Norobiik @[email protected]Aug 7, 2023

Worst event ever 👎

"The event, which attracted 43,000 scouts from 158 countries, has been plagued by problems since it started on Tuesday, including a #HeatWave that resulted in hundreds of participants being treated for heat-related ailments, and reports of #PoorSanitation, waterlogged conditions caused by heavy rain, as well as #RottenFood and swarms of #mosquitoes and #flies."

#SouthKorea to evacuate #ScoutJamboree as typhoon looms | #Fiascos | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/07/world-scout-jamboree-to-end-early-as-typhoon-khanun-looms-in-wake-of-heatwave

South Korea to evacuate scout jamboree as typhoon looms

Site has been plagued by issues including heatwave that left hundreds ill last week

The Guardian

Norobiik @[email protected]Aug 4, 2023

When people start using statistics to justify a near-disaster, you know that someone majorly fucked up.
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“Despite the heat and the difficulties and the challenges that they are facing, only 8% reported that they were very unsatisfied with the experience so far,” Jacob Murray, the director for World Events at the Scouts, told reporters.

#SouthKorea scrambles to ensure safety of #ScoutJamboree in #HeatWave
https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-scrambles-ensure-safety-scout-jamboree-heatwave-august-2023/