Korean Scouts Claim They are Being Treated Like Asylum Seekers in Their Own Country

Just when you thought the Jamboree fiasco could not get any worse now Korean Scouts are claiming racism over their accommodations:

Korean Jamboree Scouts protest being treated like “asylum seekers” in own country: they were taken to church auditorium with no showers while foreign Scouts offered plush accommodations at corporate retreats with own rooms, showers and fitness center

370 of the Korean Scouts were assigned to an auditorium of a Christian church in Yongin, Geonggyi Province, for their post-Saemangeum accommodation. They are not happy with this Jimjilbang-style facility and their parents are protesting “reverse discrimination.”

Obviously, there are no beds at the auditorium so church administrators brought in mats to have them sleep en masse in one large area. The Korean Scouts charge the mats are too thin to sleep comfortably on and that there are no showers at the church. They claim to be using garden hoses attached to faucets to wash themselves.

Some told their parents that they would rather go back to Saemangeum than put up with the church-provided facility: “They told me that they are being treated like asylum-seekers in their own country. We can understand that we need to treat our foreign guests well. However, this is unacceptable.”

Donga Ilbo

You can read more at the link.