NAGOYA: Asian Games organisers played the North Korean national anthem for the South Korean men’s hockey team on Friday (Sep 18), later apologising for the blunder.
South Korean officials were left angered by the latest mishap to hit the Games ahead of Saturday’s opening ceremony in Nagoya.
South Korea thrashed Bangladesh 5-0, but beforehand, instead of their national anthem, the song belonging to North Korea rang out.
The players from South Korea, who had lined up to listen to their anthem, looked at each other bemused.
Organisers then played Bangladesh’s anthem, before playing the South Korean anthem later, the South’s Yonhap news agency said.
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