Bungling Asian Games organisers play North Korean anthem for South
South Korean officials were angered after North Korea’s anthem was played before their hockey match against Bangladesh.
North Korean athletes attended an official welcome ceremony for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, vowing to deliver strong performances and achieve better results at the quadrennial continental multisport event. The welcome ceremony, which took place at the Port of Nagoya Garden Pier in Nagoya, Japan, was attended by Pak Chon-jong, North Korea's vice minister of physical culture and sports, who served as the chef de mission, and Ko Chol-ho, secretary-general of the Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The ceremony was the eighth of nine official athlete welcome ceremonies for the Asian Games, with delegations from various countries, including Palestine, Chinese Taipei, East Timor, Yemen, and India, also attending.
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