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Asian multi-sport event
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia, after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee and are the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.
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South Korea is reconsidering military service exemptions for champion athletes after backlash for comments made by some gold medalists at the Asian Games
South Korea is reconsidering a decades-old military service benefit for elite athletes after controversial comments by Asian Games gold medallists triggered a fresh public debate over whether sporting success should continue to qualify some young men for an alternative to the country's compulsory military service.