Beating the heat

Customers read and shop at Shinsegae Department Store’s Centum City branch in Busan on Monday. Busan’s temperature reached 36 degrees Celsius (97 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday, a slight fall from Sunday when the mercury hit 37.3 degrees Celsius. Sunday was the hottest day on record since 1904, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. [SONG BONG-GEUN]