South Korea criticizes Asian Games lodging as cramped, leaking and lacking rooms

TOKYO — Accommodation at the Asian Games starting this week in Japan is the "worst ever," Korean officials told AFP on Monday, also warning of "a serious shortage" of rooms. Beds in shipping container-style huts are too short for players to stretch out, a Korean basketball chief said, while officials from the Philippines resorted to Airbnb. There is no dedicated athletes' village at the Games, with organisers instead relying on a cruise ship, temporary wooden cabins and hotels in a bid to cut costs. The Games in the city of Nagoya and Aichi prefecture officially open on Saturday but football and basketball is already under way. Jung Jae-yong, vice president of the Korea Basketball Association, told AFP he was deeply unhappy with the cabins where the men's basketball team are staying. "Based on my experience this is the worst it has ever been," he said. "Athletes who are over two metres tall cannot even stretch their legs out on the beds. It's unreasonable." Byeon Jun-hyeong, from the basketball team, posted a video on social media showing a leaking sink and soaked floor in his hut. He post

South Korean officials have slammed the 2026 Asian Games accommodation as the “worst ever”, citing cramped beds, leaking cabins and a serious shortage of rooms that has left some delegations scrambling for hotels and Airbnb stays.

Accommodation at the Asian Games starting this week in Japan is the "worst ever", South Korean officials told AFP on Monday, also warning of "a serious shortage" of rooms."At the moment there is a serious shortage of accommodation not only for the entire South Korean delegation to the Asian Games, but for delegations from around the world in the Aichi-Nagoya area," the official said.