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Audit links Korean gov't to illegal financing of 2023 World Scout Jamboree campsite

The Board of Audit found the Blue House involved in the Moon Jae-in administration's illegal use of funds for the 2023 World Scout Jamboree site reclamation.

2025.4.11

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo wipes a toilet seat while inspecting facilities at the World Scout Jamboree in Buan County, North Jeolla, on Aug. 4, 2023. [YONHAP]

Scout jamboree in the toilet from start of sanitation arrangements, audit determines

A government audit of the Scout World Jamboree said the debacle was doomed from the very start, when sanitation contracts were being drawn up.

2025.4.10

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British scouts prepare to depart the campsite of the World Scout Jamboree in Buan County, North Jeolla on Aug. 5, 2023. The British contingent was the first of 158 national scout delegations to announce its departure from the Jamboree. [YONHAP]

Jamboree fiasco wasn't our fault, says Gender Ministry

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family on Wednesday denied that the Korean government was partly to blame for the disbandment of the 25th World Scout Jamboree that took place in North Jeolla last year.

2024.4.24

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observes the launch of a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile on Dec. 18 in this photo released the day after by the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the regime’s ruling Workers’ Party. [NEWS1]

2023 National Top 10 News

In 2023 in Korea, the World Scout Jamboree, meant to boost Busan's bid for the World Expo, unraveled into a fiasco as nations withdrew. Despite fervent efforts, Busan lost the Expo bid to Riyadh. Tensions flared as North Korea launched a satellite.

2023.12.28

The 2023 World Scout Jamboree campsite in Saemangeum, North Jeolla, was turned into a waterlogged morass after Typhoon Khanun struck the area on Aug. 11. [YONHAP]

Civil servants eschew overseas training after Jamboree fiasco

Not a single civil servant in Okcheon County, North Chungcheong, signed up for overseas training sessions amid public criticism over the misuse of such programs in preparation for the 2023 World Scout Jamboree.

2023.9.1

Scouts retreat from the World Scout Jamboree campsite in Buan County, North Jeolla, on Aug. 8. [NEWS1]

Gov't slashes Saemangeum budgets after Jamboree fiasco

The Finance Ministry slashed next year’s budgets for Saemangeum infrastructure projects by nearly 80 percent, or more than 500 billion won ($378 million), following the recent fiasco during the World Scout Jamboree.

2023.8.29

Italian scouts who stayed at Incheon National University's dormitory pose for a photo on the school's campus. [INCHEON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY]

Incheon Nat'l University offers shelter for displaced scouts

Looking back at the World Scout Jamboree fiasco, Incheon National University says help from its faculty and students allowed them to accommodate the scouts successfully and bid farewell to them with good memories.

2023.8.25

Lessons from the Jamboree debacle

We must learn from the successes of the past whether it is ours or others’, and build on today’s failures for a better future.

2023.8.23

Still slinging mud over Jamboree responsibility (KOR)

The Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) must play its due role as a state agency to find who’s responsible for the disaster. T

2023.8.17

Still slinging mud over Jamboree responsibility