Yoon orders all-out efforts to swiftly put out wildfire in Hapcheon

• Published date: 08 March 2023
• Publication title: The Korea Times

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday instructed relevant authorities to make all-out efforts to swiftly put out a large wildfire in a southeastern county.

The instruction came after the fire prompted the evacuation of about 210 people in Hapcheon County, South Gyeongsang Province, 354 kilometers southeast of Seoul.

Yoon ordered relevant authorities to "make every effort to mobilize all available resources to swiftly extinguish the...