South Korea’s World Scout Jamboree, beleaguered by multiple issues, faces another challenge in the form of incoming Typhoon Khanun, prompting the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) to call for a retreat from the Saemangeum event site. This latest difficulty, announced by the WOSM on Monday, follows a series of missteps by the organizing committee that have drawn global scrutiny to the event’s management.

In a recent statement, the WOSM shared the South Korean government’s decision for the “early departure” of all scouts. “We urgently call on the Government to expedite the plan for departure and provide all necessary