Asian Games Organizing Committee apologizes to South Korea for mismanagement, mistakes in raising national flag during soccer games, etc.

[Seoul Current Affairs] The Korean National Athletic Association announced on the 7th that it received a letter and email from the organizing committee of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games apologizing for the administrative mismanagement related to the Korean team during the tournament.

The letter was written in the name of Hideaki Omura, organizing committee chairman (Governor of Aichi Prefecture). Regarding the issue in which the national flag was not raised at the awards ceremony for the men's soccer final, in which South Korea defeated Japan on the 3rd, the official explained that ``the position of the rope knot was not properly checked in advance,'' and acknowledged that it was an ``administrative error'' and apologized.

The email also apologized for the transportation and other troubles that occurred throughout the tournament. The Korean National Athletic Association sent a letter of protest over several issues, including the players being unable to practice on the morning of the men's basketball final because they were unable to catch the shuttle bus they were supposed to take.