A 33-year-old housewife named Lee Eun-ji has been making frequent visits to a department store near her home in Incheon with her two children, not to shop, but to avoid the scorching heat. “I think this summer is the hottest one that I ve ever experienced. I am afraid my children will suffer from heatstroke, so I only go to indoor places with air conditioning these days,” Lee said.
The South Korean national swimming team returned home from the world championships in Japan on Monday, having bagged one medal and set eight national records in the pool. Hwang Sun-woo, who won bronze in the men's 200-meter freestyle, was South Korea's lone medalist at the World Aquatics Championships, held in Fukuoka, Japan, from July 14 to Sunday. He also helped two relay teams break national records. Wit.
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South Korea's Lee Eun-ji made it to her first semifinals of the ongoing swimming world championships in Japan on Friday. Lee finished 14th in the heats for the women's 200-meter backstroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, with a time of 2:11.78. The top 16 swimmers from the heats advanced to the semifinals scheduled for Friday evening at Marine Messe Fukuoka Hall A. This was Lee's third .