Still Blistering Heat During the Day... Peak Vacation Season

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Scorching heat well over 30°C continued during broad daylight. Downtown water parks and valleys bustled all day with vacationers seeking to beat the heat.

Reporter Kim Gyu-ri captures the scene.

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People wearing goggles and holding water guns shoot cool streams of water at each other.

Friends, families, and even strangers quickly bond over just a water gun.

[Ike Alanya and Jeong Bu-yeong: I am from Austria. It is not this humid in Europe. So I think it feels even hotter here.]

[Park So-eun and Kim Min-seo / Seo-gu, Incheon: We came aiming for the best dresser award. I understand the water gun festival reopened (after COVID-19), so this is my first time participating.]

A water gun festival was held right in the middle of downtown Seoul.

I will also grab a water gun and put up a fight against the heat.

Citizens thoroughly enjoyed the midsummer festival, shooting and getting hit by streams of water.

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A children's water park in the city.

Children happily splash around under falling streams of water, while parents hold their children's hands and enjoy the water together.

[Kim Hyuk and Kim Ju-heon / Songpa-gu, Seoul: The baby loves playing in the water so much. She also loves running around outside, and it is great that the water is not deep.]

[Byeon Da-hye and Byeon Do-hun / Gwanak-gu, Seoul: Last week, it felt like the sun was right next to me, but now it feels like the sun has moved away a bit.]

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At the valley right next to the water park, children try catching fish and gather with friends to take pictures and make memories.

Although the heat seems to have subsided slightly past Ipchu (the onset of autumn), the valley is still crowded with vacationers escaping the heat.

Some climb aboard a crocodile-shaped float together to enjoy playing in the water.

[Han Ye-jin / Siheung-si, Gyeonggi-do: We came to play in the water before summer vacation ends. We plan to play and then go down to eat ramen...]

It was a day that added summer memories amid clear and cool water splashes.

(Camera Action: Yang Ji-hoon | Video Editing: Choi Hye-ran)
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