[LIVE] 12:00 ARIRANG NEWS (2023-08-03)

[Music] these are the headlines we're following at this hour the grand opening of this year's World Scout Jamboree as himangamon South Korea's West Coast 43 000 young Scouts are bracing the heat for a range of activities and cultural programs a staggering 80 percent of the world's population are found to have witnessed unusually hot weather during last month's record Heat new jeans task Billboard's main albums chart with three of their songs also make main singles chart in an unprecedented feed for a K-pop girl group [Music] good afternoon we're strong South Korea's West Coast insemangum where last night so a drone show fireworks and other festivities to Mark the grand opening of this year's Royal Scout Jamboree 43 000 young Scots from around the world have gathered at the massive campsite despite the heat for range of activities and cultural programs awaiting them is there the 25th rail Scout Jamboree entered its second day in semangam on Wednesday with a variety of programs for Scouts to enjoy as well as the event's official opening ceremony despite the long-distance traveled and record-breaking hit in Korea the scouts persevered and showed the resilience I've become a scholar because my family and my sister and told tell me that Scouts is a very beautiful place to be it's a very Sensational experience so this is the place where Scouts actually stay here children set up tents and prepare next programs the teenage Scouts also share the experiences of setting up the tents themselves on the first day and how they felt during the process I put it all together like at 10 p.m so it was kind of difficult because of the the light the light it was it was nice but it was it was really cool it was really cool it everything was perfectly fine former U.N Secretary General Banji moon was also there to attend the opening ceremony of the pangimon village close to the Jamboree campsite and named in honor of the former U.N Chef where eco-friendly lectures and discussions were held to commemorate the Jamboree additionally the last cycle of this team from France arrived at semangan after an impressive 14 000 kilometers bicycle Journey from Paris to promote eco-friendly practices as well and deliver messages of Hope to the young Scouts so uh the Museum of the Jamboree is here is a draw your dream and our dream was to make this big challenge to go from a part of our world to the other part we crossed half of the world I think to come here and it was such an adventure such an exploration and we want to say to the Scouts in the Jamboree bee explorers and uh have big dream at 8pm the opening ceremony started with an enthusiastic live performance by The Dream Orchestra composed of Korean Scout members Survivor expert Bear Grylls and K-pop artists also celebrate the event and thrilling fireworks rated Scouts from around the road at samangu president Yun Sawyer of South Korea himself a former Scout member welcomes Scouts with a paper airplane flying performance foreign safety concerns as some 480 people at the event were treated for hit related illness on Tuesday and Wednesday the Jamboree continues until August 12th news yeah while visiting him president yunus changer also attended the signing of a public private investment deal to build a rechargeable battery manufacturing facility in the country's Southwest the deal is worth 1.8 trillion Korean Won or roughly 1.4 billion US Dollars this came on the first day of his summer holiday during an investment event in turnla pukto Province where we plant support for a high-tech industrial complex in the same reclaimed land area during a seven day break Yoon plans to spend time on Todo Island a long time holiday Resort for previous Korean presidents however senior official tour reporters you will attend to state affairs whenever necessary during this time and is likely to mold over ways to boost livelihoods and revive Regional economies charger as an extreme heat wave continues to grip many parts of the world it has been found that is staggering 80 percent of the world population has witnessed higher than normal temperatures during last month's record-breaking heat our easing gen has more it's the middle of the day in Iran yet Banks and shops and downtown areas are closed it's unusual to see these places closed at a time when there's usually a sizable volume of foot traffic however with Iran seeing record-breaking temperatures this week the government declared a two-day shutdown due to health concerns as the intense heat wave in the Middle Eastern nation so temperatures rise past 50 degrees Celsius I have never experienced such heat in Tehran I have experienced it in the south of Iran when I was there for a while the Americas are also experiencing a brutal summer the Argentine Capital Buenos Aires has seen temperatures 5 degrees Celsius higher than temperatures normally experienced at this time of the year over in the U.S state of Arizona the region saw a month of temperatures reaching 43 degrees Celsius even the cactus known for resilience against the Heat have been withering away due to the intense weather and in Greece too where tourism has been hit hard due to wildfires caused by the heat wave a decision has been made to compensate vacationers who are impacted by the mass evacuations there according to climate change Watchdog climate Central 4 out of five people on the planet had a hotter July and it says climate change is the main reason for the global Heat Wave and global warming will also damage the economy according to economists International credit rating agency Moody's predicted that the increase in temperature due to continuous heat waves could shrink Global GDP by 17.6 percent by by 2100 news in the meantime the devastating typhoon canoe has ripped through the Japanese island of Okinawa knocking out electricity and forcing hundreds of fires to be canceled so far one person has died and dozens are injured while thousands of tourists remain stranded in gym reports typhoon canoon which means Jackfruit and Thai slammed Okinawa and other Islands in Southwestern Japan Wednesday although moving slowly at roughly 15 kilometers per hour its Strong Winds of up to 200 kilometers per hour left more than 200 000 households roughly 31 percent of the city without electricity according to the local fire and disaster management agency a man in his 90s died when his garage collapsed while at least 35 people have been reported injured hundreds of domestic and international flights in and out of the naha airport were canceled on Wednesday stranding thousands of tourists in public transportation including buses Light Rail transit systems and ferries connecting the Region's Islands were suspended the agency also added that up to 200 millimeters of rainfall was expected in the Okinawa region by midday Thursday the Japanese meteorological agency predicts the typhoon that's currently moving Northwest through the East China Sea will turn northeastward by Friday potentially heading to Japan's third largest island Kyushu you though the typhoon is not expected to approach the Korean Peninsula waves around Jeju Island are set to reach four to six meters in the far Seas of Eastern namhei will see waves three to five meters high while typhoon canoe stalls in the East China Sea the heat wave is expected to persist in Korea as the typhoon adds more heat to the hot and humid air already blowing in from the North Pacific High and the Tibetan anticyclone it will also bring strong winds for the southern part of the country and Jeju Island news [Music] back here at home stop cursing an uptick in Covey 19 cases in recent weeks with figures reaching 60 percent of level scene at last year's winter Peak this comes to country has scrapped almost all antivirus measures and is seeking to proceed with its next step of luring the Infectious Disease level our sins more the Korea Disease Control and prevention agency says the timeline for lowering the Infectious Disease level of kovi 19 will be handled with more care according to the head of the kdca Chiang Mi on Wednesday the number of new infections is at 60 percent of last Winter's Peak she also mentioned that by mid-august the daily average of new cases could reach 60 000 with a peak of up to 76 000. in fact South Korea has seen a rise in new covid-19 cases for the fifth consecutive week last week alone over 310 000 people tested positive for the virus that's up nearly 24 percent compared to the week before the same official said that a decision on when to lure the disease level will be made after considering various factors such as kovi 19 Trends both at home and abroad and the advice of experts the health authority plans to lower the Infectious Disease level of kovi 19 to class 4 the lowest level in the four-tier classification system as early as this month with this adjustment the remaining Mass mandate at General hospitals and other high-risk facilities will be lifted also the government will start monitoring people who have contracted Kobe 19. regarding the complete lifting of the Mask mandate the commissioner stated that specific guidelines will be announced next week after reviewing the risk that the adjustment could pose to high-risk groups while the kdca says it is unlikely for kovi 19 to pose a significant threat again it expects that there could be one or two surges a year for the time being it also advises people to wear masks in high-risk places and to quarantine for five days if they test positive news on the economic front the persisting price pressure in the food sector has taken its toll on the restaurant sector according to statistics Curry on Thursday the retail sale index for restaurants and bars in the second quarter of this year sign on your decrease of 13.4 percent the biggest fall since 2021 the agency said to drop in sales and restaurants was due to high inflation and base effect from a strong performance the previous year South Korea's foreign reserves have increased for the second consecutive month data from the bank of Curry on Thursday showed that the country in July had foreign currency reserves of 421.8 billion US Dollars which was an increase of 350 million dollars compared to the month before the central bank said the increase was mainly due to the weakening of the US dollar increasing the value of other currencies held in the reserves as of late June Seoul ranked 8th in the world in foreign reserves overtaking Hong Kong in the previous month China Japan and Switzerland had the largest foreign currency reserves as of June recent data suggests a labor market in the U.S is proving resilient despite a series of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes to sow inflation according to Human Resources company automatic data processing on Tuesday local time private Employers in the U.S added over 320 000 jobs in July around double Wall Street expectations the growth was attributed to more jobs in the Leisure and Hospital Hospitality sectors while manufacturing continued to decline for the fifth month in a row this comes as the U.S labor department announced the results of its monthly survey for June which showed a decline in layoffs nutrients tops Billboard's main albums chart with their latest album get up with all free title songs from that album also making main singles chart this is a fit not a cheap before by any other K-pop girl Groupon has more K-pop goal group new jeans is rewriting K-pop history by sweeping through charts despite only having debited last year the group's second extended Play album get up topped the billboard 200 chart on Wednesday local time the album 3 title songs super shy ETA and cool with you all ranked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 2. coming in at 48th 81st and 93rd Place respectively while blackpink were the first K-pop girl group to top the billboard 200 charts with their born Pink album new jeans is the fast Kpop girl group to have three songs on the us-based Billboard Hot 100 chart at the same time the only other K-pop artist to achieve this feat was BTS the billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the United States based on album units sold and also converts online streaming and download figures into equivalent album units it's therefore a chart that reflects the strength of the fandom which buys the different collectible versions of the albums while the Billboard Hot 100 chart is based on streaming activity making it more reflective of what's hot among listeners in general across the United States new jeans has also shown excellent performance in online streaming with its label revealing that the group had reached over 2 billion streams on the world's biggest music streaming platform Spotify the girl group burned the Guinness world record for the fastest K-pop act to hit over 1 billion Spotify streams earlier this year in March passing the Benchmark in 219 days Xbox attributed the group's success to their trendiness and marketing strategy the getup album draws on the current ytk Trend inspired by UK garage and Jersey Club beats which has been on the rise globally its collaborations with Brands such as apple and media franchise the Powerpuff Girls has further boosted new Gene's trendy image by also choosing to pre-release its songs one by one with each individual track having its own music video experts say that it helped to not only create an anticipatory buzz but also reinforce the idea that all the songs on the album are worth listening to as of Thursday the album six official music videos have over 101 million views on YouTube combined news for the first time in Korea a drone delivery service has been launched in an urban area now visitors of the water parks in sangnam City Canada Province can order various items using the service or Shina young takes a closer look at what this drone service means for the future drone delivery services have previously been trialled in remote mountainous areas but now they are a step closer to being commercialized and densely populated urban areas starting from August song Nam City in kanguro province has become the first urban area in South Korea to launch paid grown delivery services from August it started the service at two water parks along the tension stream the area around Pancham stream is full of pedestrians and people playing or having picnics so delivering food by motorcycle could be dangerous here however drones can fly along a safe path over the river providing fast and safe services when a customer places an order a drone delivers the items from a delivery Hub 1.7 kilometers away and completes the delivery within 5 minutes various items can be delivered ranging from fried chicken and beverages to water play equipment I don't find the drone delivery fee too expensive because the cost of other General deliveries is similar to or even higher than this it's surprisingly fast and I use the service frequently there are many regulations related to drones such as altitude restrictions making it difficult to introduce drone delivery services in urban areas through this page service the drone company and the city is aiming to overcome these challenges we're in the process of proving the safety of the drones through thousands of Trials this will allow us to deliver to areas including crowded cities we're working with the transport Ministry to improve public perception through paid services model for drone delivery in accordance with the country's economic development blueprint called the new growth 4.0 strategy starting September we will expand the joint delivery service to multiple locations our goal is to give people first-hand experience of cutting-edge Technologies we expect that it will make a significant contribution to the development of flying drone taxi services the ministry of land infrastructure and transport is planning to commercialize drone delivery service by 2027 while doubling the size of the country's drone Market to 1 trillion Korean Won or over 770 million US Dollars by 2025 from 2020. news foreign [Music] let's take a look at what's going on in the world now in the United States a federal jury on Wednesday sentenced to death the gunman who five years ago killed 11 worshipers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh the 12-member jury's decision was unanimous which is a requirement for the death sentence to be imposed it's the First Federal death sentence under the Biden Administration back in October 2018 gunman Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life synagogue and shot people with an assault rifle seven others were injured in the attack including five police officers it was the deadliest attack on Jewish people in U.S history in Brazil at least 45 people have been killed in police raids targeting drug gangs across three states in Rio de Janeiro ten died in a shootout with police officers and four others were injured and in Sao Paulo State 16 people including two police officers died in a five-day raid called operation Shield which was sparked by the death of a police officer there last Thursday another 58 people were arrested and guns and narcotics were seized but the operation was criticized by Brazil's Justice Minister as being a disproportionate reaction to the original crime meanwhile in police raids in the northeastern state of Bahia 19 other suspects have also been killed since Friday moving on to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup it was a day of Firsts on Wednesday as South Africa qualified for the round of 16 for the very first time banana banyana beat Italy 3-2 in Wellington with an injury time winner Italy drew first blood with a penalty before an own goal meant the score was level at half time South Africa took the lead but in Italy equalizer meant South Africa were facing an elimination until a goal by tembi hadlana in the 92nd minute won them the game in other firsts Brazil crashed out in the group stages of the tournament after a goalless draw and a must-win match against Jamaica in Melbourne the result means that Jamaica will also be playing in the round of 16 for the first time foreign and finally a gigantic whale that swam in the world's oceans of 40 million years ago may be the heaviest animal ever this according to a study published in the science journal Nature on Wednesday the study estimates that the animal known as a perusitis Colossus after its place of Discovery could have weighed up to 340 metric tons it could have grown to 25 meters long which is shorter than a blue whale but scientists say it could have weighed more than its modern day counterpart this extra weight comes from denser bones allowing the paracetus Colossus to swim along the ocean floor the estimates were made by studying a partial skeleton consisting of 13 vertebrae four ribs and one hip bone Matthew Ashley adidang news foreign [Music] good afternoon Korea is seeing the peak of summertime heat and temperatures look to rise a bit further this afternoon kangnin had a super tropical night last night and it will go up to 38 degrees Celsius this afternoon meanwhile the weather agents is forecasting the chance of passing rain in certain areas along with thunder and lightning but the capital is under sizzling Sunshine with strong UV rays at a high of 35 degrees Celsius now the sixth typhoon of disease in typhoon Canon brought heavy rain and wind to Japan's Okinawa region it's projected to change its course northeastward on Friday passing through Kyushu early next week or possibly affecting Korea's Jeju Island or South Coast the typhoon will bring steamy air to the Korean Peninsula next week drink a plenty of water avoid or reduce drinking energy drinks and coffee and eat light meals instead to stay well inner Heat Wave that's creative for you and here's Luke at the international weather conditions [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] season is over but the sweltering heat is bringing out more umbrellas to block the sun UV umbrellas have seen a dramatic increase in sales in the past two weeks with a notable jump among those in their 30s and 40s and Men all of whom are not seen as a traditional customer base and this UV umbrellas do really help as it can make you feel up to seven degrees cooler and are three times more effective at blocking the Sun than hats if we're planning to get one go for a black one that absorbs heat better than bright colors that is all for today thanks for watching [Music] foreign

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Length: 25min 45sec (1545 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 03 2023