By Ju-min Park
SEOUL&nbsp;(Reuters) - South Korean officials have promised to provide plenty of clean&nbsp;toilets&nbsp;at an all-star K-pop concert for young&nbsp;scouts on Friday, hoping that the&nbsp;show&nbsp;will salvage their experience&nbsp;after&nbsp;a disastrous&nbsp;jamboree.
A lack of sanitation was one of the reasons cited by contingents from the United States and Britain when they pulled out of the World&nbsp;Scout&nbsp;Jamboree, along with heat-related injuries and other issues. The campsite was fully evacuated on Tuesday as a tropical storm approached.
The criticism appeared to weigh on South Korean officials, who went out of their way on Thursday to promise that the K-pop concert at the&nbsp;Seoul&nbsp;World Cup Stadium would have enough clean&nbsp;toilets&nbsp;for everyone.
"We are putting a lot of effort on sanitation aspects to ensure the&nbsp;scouts' have a pleasant experience at the stadium," Culture Ministry spokesperson Kang Jeong-won said at a briefing.
"To prevent congestion, 30 additional mobile restrooms will be installed at the venue and more than 200 sanitary workers including restroom maintenance will be deployed," he said.
About 90,000 water bottles will be provided to keep the&nbsp;scouts hydrated, Choi Hoon, a senior Interior Ministry official, told the briefing. Police and firefighters will be deployed at the stadium for safety, he added.
The international&nbsp;jamboree, with more than 40,000 participants from around the world, was marred by unheeded warnings and lack of preparations.
Scout&nbsp;groups are now scattered at sites across the country, with some&nbsp;scouts taking K-pop dance classes.
Nearly 20 K-pop acts including NewJeans and ITZY will perform at Friday's concert, according to the organisers.
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(Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Josh Smith and Angus MacSwan)

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