Scout jamboree disaster blamed on S Korea government

The South Korean authorities has denied being liable for the disastrous World Scout Jamboree past twelvemonth aft being held to blasted by investigators.

Tens of thousands were evacuated from the campsite past twelvemonth owed to problems with the nutrient and aesculapian facilities.

Independent findings person been captious of the Korean Scout Association and the government, which it said side-lined the scout radical and took the pb relation successful organising the event.

But the authorities has denied this.

In a statement, it said it had lone played a supporting relation to the Korean Scout Association.

"It is not existent astatine each that the nonstop origin of the event's nonaccomplishment is the government's involvement," it said.

Described arsenic the world's largest younker camp, the jamboree - oregon festival - gathers young scouts from astir the satellite each 4 years. The Jamboree held during the tallness of summertime past August was riddled with problems from the start.

Children fainted successful the 40C heat, without capable nutrient to eat.

The study released by the autarkic sheet said aesculapian facilities were inadequate with immoderate clinics not hooked up to electricity. There was besides a shortage of basal supplies, specified arsenic saline solution to support radical hydrated.

The UK contingent withdrew much than 4,500 kid scouts owed to the problems with galore different countries pursuing suit.

In its scathing report, investigators accused the South Korean authorities of deliberately misleading planetary and nationalist scout organisations, implicit the authorities of the preparations.

"In presumption of safety, security, safeguarding of young people, aesculapian support, nutrient and dietary requirements, sanitation and hygiene... determination were important challenges and deficiencies, arsenic good arsenic a nonaccomplishment to consistently present halfway services - astatine the modular promised," the study read.

It besides said the Korean authorities becoming the "de origin organiser" had exacerbated the event's problems and caused respective "structural and co-ordination complications".