Asia & Pacific
The southeastern city of Yangsan saw the temperature reach 42.5C at 1:26 pm (0426 GMT), the Korea Meteorological Administration said on its website.
A woman uses a fan to shelter from the sun on a street in Seoul on July 12, 2026. (AFP/Jade Gao)
South Korea registered on Sunday its highest temperature since records began more than a century ago, according to the state weather agency.The southeastern city of Yangsan saw the temperature reach 42.5C at 1:26 pm (0426 GMT), the Korea Meteorological Administration said on its website.
Yangsan has been the epicentre of the ongoing heatwave, where temperatures exceeded 40C for a fifth consecutive day on Sunday.
