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Nagoya Asian Games Announce Korea as 'China' at a Medal Ceremony
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Nagoya Asian Games Announce Korea as 'China' at a Medal Ceremony

At the men's team modern pentathlon medal ceremony on September 20, gold-medalist Korea was introduced in English as the 'Republic of China,' and Korean media said no proper apology followed. 'Republic of China' is actually the formal name of Taiwan, not the People's Republic of China. It landed as the latest in a string of operational troubles at the Games — a misplayed North Korean anthem, shuttle buses that failed to arrive. Reactions split between people who set aside their feelings about Korea to say the blunder deserves anger, others correcting the terminology, and a smaller group floating an unconfirmed theory that the operation is China-linked and did it on purpose.

Nagoya Asian Games: Organizers Push Back as a Report Claims Two North Korean Athletes Seek Asylum
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Nagoya Asian Games: Organizers Push Back as a Report Claims Two North Korean Athletes Seek Asylum

After days of operational trouble at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, the organizing committee posted a rebuttal on Sept. 22 saying the delayed boarding of the athletes' village cruise ship stemmed from paperwork issues on the delegations' side, not from the committee failing to send lodging data, and that meal problems fell to the relevant sport federation. Separately, a South Korean outlet reported that two North Korean athletes at the Games want to defect to Japan; that claim has not been confirmed by reliable reporting, Japanese authorities, or the organizing committee. Online reactions ran from calling the rebuttal buck-passing to strong opposition to accepting any asylum.

Nagoya Asian Games Stumble Again: Bus No-Show and a 'Day-Labor Manager' Rumor
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Nagoya Asian Games Stumble Again: Bus No-Show and a 'Day-Labor Manager' Rumor

At the Nagoya Asian Games, South Korea's men's basketball team could not practice before the final when its shuttle bus failed to arrive, and images spread claiming a venue manager had been recruited through the day-labor app Timee. The mishaps revived worries about Japan's ability to run big international events and anger over subcontracting waste.