{"id":57414,"date":"2023-08-10T00:10:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/aug\/09\/worst-nightmare-south-korea-mulls-disastrous-scout-jamboree"},"modified":"2023-08-10T00:10:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:10:34","slug":"worst-nightmare-south-korea-mulls-disastrous-scout-jamboree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=57414","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Worst nightmare\u2019: South Korea mulls disastrous Scout jamboree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Youngsters faced a heatwave, flooded tents, sewage spills and an expensive evacuation \u2013 but concerns were raised before the event even began<\/p>\n<p>Media outlets in South Korea have labelled its hosting of the World Scout Jamboree a \u201cnational disgrace\u201d, a \u201csurvival game\u201d, and a \u201cworst nightmare\u201d. Public outcry has intensified online and strangers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-66442741\">are approaching<\/a> scouts on the streets, apologising on behalf of their country and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hyunsuinseoul\/status\/1689182568065974273\">handing out gifts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea has successfully hosted large events such as the Fifa World Cup and Winter Olympics, but the mismanagement of the global scouting event, which struggled with heat and hygiene and eventually had to be evacuated as a typhoon approached, has left many wondering: where did it all go wrong?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/aug\/09\/worst-nightmare-south-korea-mulls-disastrous-scout-jamboree\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youngsters faced a heatwave, flooded tents, sewage spills and an expensive evacuation \u2013 but concerns were raised before the event even beganMedia outlets in South Korea have labelled its hosting of the World Scout Jamboree a \u201cnational disgrace\u201d, a \u201csur&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2929,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,245,2959,79,222,42,2960],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-children","category-scouts-and-scouting","category-society","category-south-korea","category-world-news","category-world-scout-jamboree"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2929"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57415,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57414\/revisions\/57415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}