Games Year Host city Best nation VIII 1978 Bangkok, Thailand Philippines X 1986 Seoul, South Korea Japan XII 1994 Hiroshima, Japan South Korea XIII 1998 Bangkok, Thailand Chinese Taipei XIV 2002 Busan, South Korea South Korea XV 2006 Doha, Qatar South Korea XVI 2010 Guangzhou, China South Korea XVII 2014 Incheon, South Korea South Korea XVIII 2018 Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia South Korea