{
  "id": 10616861,
  "title": "South Korea volleyball team latest to be bussed to wrong Games venue",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/south-korea-volleyball-team-latest-to-be-bussed-to-wrong-games-venue",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-29T05:25:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/south-korea-volleyball-team-latest-052558363.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The South Korean men's volleyball team faced another transport mix-up at the ongoing Asian Games in Japan. The bus carrying the team took them to a venue an hour away from their scheduled training location. Following this logistical issue, the team was forced to cancel their practice on Monday morning ahead of their group game against Taiwan later in the day. An organiser-provided shuttle bus mistakenly dropped the team off at Okazaki instead of their designated training ground in Inuyama. Due to the significant time lost, the team had no choice but to cancel the practice. The Korea Volleyball Association lodged a formal complaint with the organizers through the South Korean Olympic Committee.\n\nThe volleyball team went on to defeat Taiwan 3-1 in their match. However, the issue was not limited to volleyball, as South Korea's men's basketball team also faced a transport mix-up last week, leading to their missing a training session. Similarly, the Pakistan men's volleyball team was also affected, being bussed to the wrong arena for their game against Uzbekistan, which caused a 45-minute delay. In an Instagram video, Pakistan captain Murad Jehan expressed frustration towards the organizers, stating that this was yet another instance of mismanagement by Japan at the Asian Games. Organizers have acknowledged past instances of official buses arriving at incorrect times or not arriving at all, and have stated they are actively working to improve transport services and closely monitor issues to resolve them.",
  "summary": "South Korea were victims of another Asian Games transport mix-up in Japan when the bus carrying their men's volleyball team went to a venue an hour away from where they should have gone.South Korea's men's basketball team were forced to miss training ahead of their final against Japan last week when their bus failed to turn up.",
  "key_points": [
    "South Korean volleyball team bussed to wrong Asian Games venue",
    "Practice canceled due to transport mix-up, leading to group game",
    "Korea Volleyball Association files complaint with organizers"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Transport mix-ups plaguing several teams, including South Korea's volleyball and basketball teams and Pakistan's volleyball team, expose ongoing logistical issues that organisers are struggling to resolve at the Asian Games.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/nagoya-organisers-regret-pakistan-and-south-korea-travel-mix-ups",
        "published": "2026-09-29T05:38:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "South Korea volleyball team latest to be bussed to wrong Games venue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/south-korea-volleyball-team-latest-to-be-bussed-to-wrong-games-venue-10620183",
        "published": "2026-09-29T05:57:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(Asiad) S. Korea's Kim Min-young wins 1st kurash gold at Asian Games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/asiad-s-koreas-kim-min-young-wins-1st-kurash-gold-at-asian-games",
        "published": "2026-09-29T06:44:24.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}