South Korea battles nation’s largest-ever wildfires

The World

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News, Lethaldissent

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

South Korea is fighting the largest forest fires in the country's history. Emergency crews and volunteers in the dry and windy southeast region are working to put out the flames and help evacuate residents. Also, forecasts for international tourism show that numbers are down sharply for travel to the US amid souring international opinions and ramped-up immigration enforcement. And, the UK climate activist group Just Stop Oil says it’s ceasing its disruptive protests. Plus, singer and storyteller Kaito Winse of Burkina Faso releases a new EP, “Reele Bombou.”

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0:39.8	South Korea is a heavily forested country, and it's battling some of its worst wildfires ever.
0:45.4	Many houses. There's just nothing left.
0:48.3	What one of the hardest hit parts of South Korea is facing.
0:51.3	I'm Marco Wurman, also today why foreign tourists are canceling their trips to the
0:55.1	U.S., including some from right next door. I have never seen Canada come together like this before.
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1:08.5	why he thinks that's a mistake. They cannot negate and destroy the Palestinian people and continue denying them their rights.
1:16.5	We'll also hear about the political popularity contest between the presidents of El Salvador and Mexico
1:22.1	and why the climate protest group Just Stop Oil is just going to stop.
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