South Korea Records 42.5°C as Heatwave Deaths Reach 14

A single publisher reports the nation’s highest temperature in 122 years alongside new casualty figures and an unprecedented severe warning for Seoul.

Yangsan reached 42.5°C on Sunday, marking the highest temperature recorded in South Korea across 122 years of weather observations [2]. This reading arrives as the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported 14 heat-related deaths and 1,889 illnesses since mid-May [1]. These figures come from a single article published by India Today on August 3, and no second publisher has yet corroborated the specific casualty count or the Yangsan measurement. The record carries no adoption figure or independent verification for these numbers at this time.

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