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Heat-related illnesses cause 12 runners to fall during the race near South Korea\u2019s Demilitarized Zone.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 20 Apr 2026<\/span>20 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Eight runners were taken to hospital with heat-related illnesses after a marathon near South Korea\u2019s Demilitarized Zone with North Korea took place amid record temperatures, local authorities said.<\/p>\n Temperatures approached 30C (86F) for Sunday\u2019s race as much of the Korean Peninsula baked under a warm front more akin to summer than its typically mild spring weather.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n The DMZ Peace Marathon in the city of Paju allows participants to test their mettle on a course running close to the highly sensitive area that separates South and North Korea.<\/p>\n Emergency services received reports around 10:30am (01:30 GMT) that participants were collapsing along the race route in Munsan, a town within Paju, according to fire officials, local reports said.<\/p>\n Twelve runners fell ill, including suffering convulsions, dizziness and hyperventilation, officials told the AFP news agency on Monday.<\/p>\n Eight were taken to hospital, including a 43-year-old who needed intensive care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Authorities said the stricken runners appeared to have pushed themselves despite the rising heat.<\/p>\n A fire official urged people to look out for signs of heatstroke and \u201cstop exercising immediately and cool down\u201d if they occur.<\/p>\n In the capital, Seoul, about 30km (19 miles) from Paju, temperatures hit 29.4C (84.9F) over the weekend, the highest in mid-April since modern record-keeping began in 1907.<\/p>\n The Korea Meteorological Administration told AFP that the heat spike was likely caused by a temporary weather system drawing warm air northwards, a pattern sometimes seen during spring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Heat-related illnesses cause 12 runners to fall during the race near South Korea\u2019s Demilitarized Zone. Published On 20 Apr 202620 Apr 2026 Eight runners were taken to hospital with heat-related illnesses after a marathon near South Korea\u2019s Demilitarized Zone with North Korea took place amid record temperatures, local authorities said. Temperatures approached 30C (86F) for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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