Scout jamboree in South Korea closes with regrets and K-pop concert

South Korean scouts hand over the scout flag to representatives from Poland, the host for the next World Scout Jamboree, at the closing ceremony. Photograph: Yonhap/EPA

The 25th World Scout Jamboree has concluded with a concert in Seoul after a tumultuous 11-day journey across South Korea that was marred by a heatwave, unsanitary conditions and an evacuation owing to a typhoon threat.

“The last few days have not been easy, to say the least,” said Ahmad Alhendawi, the secretary general of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement during the closing ceremony on Friday at Seoul’s World Cup stadium.