Pakistan, Aug. 15 -- Record-breaking heat in South Korea has severely damaged agricultural crops, causing major losses for farmers. Potatoes and cabbages were among the hardest-hit produce.

Farmers in northeastern Gangwon province found potatoes soft and spoiled before harvesting them. The damage affected fields in the Haean area of Yanggu County.

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Local media reported that the potatoes appeared healthy just one week earlier. However, farmers found large quantities damaged after digging into the affected fields.

Farmer Lee Sang-hyuk told SBS that he had never witnessed such damage during his 40 years of farming. He said the losses extended across numerous fiel...