The scorching heat that has engulfed the nation will continue throughout the day here in South Korea,... with some regions hitting record-high temperatures on Tuesday. <br /> The daytime high in Seoul will hit 38 degrees Celsius, which is the fifth highest since temperatures were first documented in 1904. <br />The number of patients with heat-related illnesses has exceeded two-thousand this summer,... already well above last year's total of 15-hundred. <br />
