Last night (October 3), Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

At the men's football award ceremony, the Taegeukgi, the national flag of South Korea which won the gold medal, failed to rise.

Officials panicked and tried to fix the issue, but the Taegeukgi ultimately failed to rise until the national anthem ended.

The South Korean players, who were standing with the joy of victory, were flustered, and boos poured out from the stands.

As the Taegeukgi in the exact center failed to rise, a scene was created where the Japanese flag for the silver medal was ultimately hanging in the highest position.

The South Korean men's national football team, which achieved its fourth consecutive Asian Games men's football title by defeating Japan 1–0, expressed its dissatisfaction.

[Lee Young-jun / National Men's Football Team Player for the Asian Games: If they did it on purpose, perhaps they did, and they probably wanted to be at the top in that aspect... But since we were at the very top of the award ceremony with the gold medal, it's fine.]

Throughout this Asian Games, accidents have continued due to poor operations.

During our men's field hockey national team match, the North Korean national anthem played instead of the South Korean national anthem, and the bus carrying the men's national football team got lost, causing the players to arrive late at the stadium.

Complaints from players poured in as the men's national basketball team also had to cancel training due to transportation dispatch issues.

As these absurd accidents repeated until the day before the closing ceremony, criticism regarding the tournament's operation has also been pouring out from within Japan.

(Reported by Jeong Gyeong-yun | Video by Na Hong-hee | Graphics by Lee Jung-ju | Produced by SBS Digital News)