--- title: "Asian Games organisers play North Korean anthem for South Korean team" description: "Both outlets led with the same headline and excerpt, reporting that Asian Games organisers mistakenly played the North Korean national anthem for the South Korean men’s hockey team, and later apologised for the blunder. The framing and details were nearly identical, with no notable differences in emphasis or additional context provided by either." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/9304-bungling-asian-games-chiefs-play-north-korean-anthem site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Asian Games organisers play North Korean anthem for South Korean team sports · updated 20 Sep 2026, 8:20 AM PKT · 18–20 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets over 2 developments **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the mistake by Asian Games organisers of playing the North Korean national anthem for the South Korean men’s hockey team, noting the subsequent apology and the South Korean officials’ anger. The framing and wording were largely consistent across the excerpts, with no significant differences in emphasis or detail. ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 20 Sep 2026 — Anthem mix-up sparks Asian Games apology (1 outlet) - **The Express Tribune** — [Anthem mix-up sparks Asian Games apology](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2630351/anthem-mix-up-sparks-asian-games-apology) · 20 Sep 2026, 8:20 AM PKT > Organisers mistakenly play North Korea’s anthem before South Korea’s hockey match ### 18 Sep 2026 — Asian Games organisers play North Korean anthem for South Korean team (2 outlets) > Both outlets led with the same headline and excerpt, reporting that Asian Games organisers mistakenly played the North Korean national anthem for the South Korean men’s hockey team, and later apologised for the blunder. The framing and details were nearly identical, with no notable differences in emphasis or additional context provided by either. - **Daily Times** — [Bungling Asian Games chiefs play North Korean anthem for South Korea](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1555067/bungling-asian-games-chiefs-play-north-korean-anthem-for-south-korea/) · 19 Sep 2026, 2:11 AM PKT > Asian Games organisers played the North Korean national anthem for the South Korean men’s hockey team on Friday (Sep 18), later apologising for the blunder. South Korean officials were left angered by the latest mishap to hit the Games ahead of Saturday’s opening ceremony in Nagoya. South Korea thrashed Bangladesh 5-0, but beforehand, instead of […] - **Dawn** — [Bungling Asian Games chiefs play North Korean anthem for South](https://www.dawn.com/news/2030886/bungling-asian-games-chiefs-play-north-korean-anthem-for-south) · 18 Sep 2026, 5:18 PM PKT · 99% identical wording to the newest filing > Asian Games organisers played the North Korean national anthem for the South Korean men’s hockey team on Friday, later apologising for the blunder. South Korean officials were left angered by the latest mishap to hit the Games ahead of Saturday’s opening ceremony in Nagoya. South Korea thrashed Bangladesh 5-0 but beforehand, instead of their national anthem, the song belonging to North Korea ra... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Wrong anthems played at Asian Para Games after mishap-marred Asian Games](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15947-wrong-anthems-played-at-asian-para-games-after-mishap-marred) · 23 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 75% related 3 articles from 3 outlets, 18–20 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.