time now for our life and info segment where we focus on information useful for
your heavy day life summer has arrived here in South Korea and just in time
with the scorching heat swimming pools and various cooling facilities have
begun operations for more on this story we have our Kim Morgan in the studio
today she's going to inform us of the various places we can visit to stay cool
and beat the summer heat so mo mo Gyung tell us more
yes marks summer is definitely here in Korea and of course it means sizzling
temperatures how are you coping up with the weather pretty well it's not as hot
as last summer here in Korea but I normally turn on the air conditioning
use electric fans and drink plenty of ice-cold drinks what about you me too I
stack up a lot of ice in my office and the at home you stack up ice yes I love
ice I need ice to survive and rub on your body and I always have a
mini fan with me like whatever wherever I go I think that's not enough so I'm
today I'm going to tell you I'm going to show you some places where we could
visit to cool off from the summer heat and arguably the most visited places
this season are swimming pools Seoul City announced that it will operate
community swimming pools and other water facilities in some 50 parks and plazas
around 17 districts for free some of them are opened all year long some only
temporarily but nevertheless most of them are all open now welcoming the
public until August from around 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day it's great fun for
the kids but remember don't go in there that in the evening because the pools do
shut at 6 p.m. and perhaps it's best to go on a weekday because they do get very
very busy during the weekend but have you been able to visit any of these
polls yes I did and um first one of the most important most famous places was
the tongue a piranha Park into medical district the park features a water
fountain that runs in tune with music and also a water playground that
supplies fresh water every 30 minutes let's listen to what visitors
have to say about this place it took me some time to get here but I feel very
happy seeing my kid having so much fun I am so excited I'm having a good time
eating watermelons and playing with my friends I come here often because the
water is shallow and the facility looks safe and also it's free I'm glad that
grandchild is having a good time well as a father of two young boys myself I know
how much young kids love those fountains and it's hard to get them out of them
once they start but you could hear how excited those families were to spend a
bit of time at those places tell us about where else you have gone to visit
I have a chance to visit another facility in this hannam-dong area called
the World Cup Park and this place stands out from other places because it has a
special pool for visitors to dip their feet okay that sounds good it's right by
my house so I'd be numerous times how was it fear well there were not a lot of
people when I visited but because it was a workday but during the weekends I
heard there are a lot of people visiting and but the water was cool and the
scenery was beautiful yeah it's very nice plenty of places to go and that is
generally more quiet than the other parks I have to say tip if anyone is
watching are there any health precautions though that we should look
out for because plenty of people are using these facilities what should we be
careful about yes mark health is always a priority and since it's summer and
many people go to swimming pools and beaches the number of people are getting
injured is also on the rise and a researcher from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention said that there are things we need to keep in mind
before making ourselves get wet
we're not before you get in starting with the parts of your body of farthest
or from the hearts also it's an outlet to swim up right after eating
and for families with children experts advise adults to always
accompany them when when they go inside the pools and when visiting beaches
children must wear of their life vests and also refrain from going to places
where tide is high it's very true they have these pools here in Seoul but a lot
of the time there aren't lifeguards there so if you're taking young children
be sure yeah a very good eye on them morgan is a pleasure as always thank you
for coming in - thank you