K-pop to the rescue? Troubled World Scout Jamboree bows out with closing concert in Seoul

SEOUL – South Korea hosted a K-pop concert on Friday for thousands of teenage scouts, seeking to salvage national prestige as an ill-fated World Scout Jamboree hit by extreme weather and criticised for poor organisation draws to an end.

Mr Han earlier said the government would “use its all resources to ensure that the jamboree can end safely”. Britain’s contingent decided to leave the campsite early, with its head also blaming their departure on poor sanitation and lack of food. Amid embarrassment over the fate of the scouts, some ordinary South Koreans took matters into their own hands - in one case offering them gifts at a Seoul subway station, while a cafe in North Jeolla Province sent food.

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