If the empty seats at the Opening Ceremony were any indication, the first day of competition only confirmed that. Most of the events on the first day were played out in front of hundreds of empty seats.


These spectators have no company during the women’s badminton event at the Asian Games in Incheon on Saturday. Pic/AFP 

The buzz is the induction of actress-model Lee Young-ae, a ubiquitous face in South Korea, in the Opening, where she lit the torch, and K-Pop star, Psy performing Gangnam Style, filled many of the seats in a last-minute rush. Lee is a major superstar following her success in a Korean historical drama popular across many parts of far-east Asia.