“We deeply apologize for the mistake that occurred when introducing the South Korean team during the opening ceremony broadcast.”
The official International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic channel apologized for the unprecedented incident of misintroducing the country’s name as the “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
About 50 Taegeuk Warriors, who rode on the Seine River cruise ship on behalf of 143 Korean athletes, entered as the 48th out of 206 countries on the day. Swimming ace Kim Seo-young and high jump ace Woo Sang-hyuk were the riders, and the athletes smiled brightly and waved the Korean flag vigorously.
The opening ceremony was full of happiness, but there was an unacceptable mistake in the proceedings. When entering the Korean team, a male announcer introduced Korea as Republique populaire democratique de coree in French, and a female announcer repeatedly introduced it as Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in English. Both French and English refer to North Korea. Korea’s official name is Republique de coree in French and Republique of Korea in English. The Korean people were stunned by the absurd mistake of the announcer who introduced Korea, the center of the K-culture, as the DPRK of the North Korean People’s Republic.
North Korea was the 153rd to enter the Paris Olympics according to the French notation. According to the name of the announcer in the hall, North Korea entered the Paris Olympics twice instead of South Korea.
Immediately after the incident, the Olympic channel expressed its apology through its official Korean SNS, saying, “We deeply apologize for the mistake that occurred when introducing the Korean team during the opening ceremony,” but the angry public sentiment of the Republic of Korea seems to be lingering with the apology line. There were a lot of protest comments under the post, such as “This cannot be considered a mistake” and “There is no mention of what mistake it was. Please mention it accurately and tweet corrections in various languages.” Nearly 70,000 people checked and shared the posting in just two hours.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism responded promptly to the incident related to the nation’s status. It issued an urgent explanation on the morning of the 27th (Korea time). “We express regret for introducing the name of the country as ‘North Korea (French Republique populaire democratique de coree, English Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)’ at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics on July 26 (local time).” Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jang Mi-ran urgently asked for a meeting with IOC President Thomas Bach, and asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver a strong protest to the French side at the government level. Lee Ki-heung, chairman of the Korean Olympic Committee, and Chung Kang-sun, head of the Paris Olympic Committee, plan to ask the IOC and the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee to prevent recurrence of such incidents, and send official complaints under the name of the Olympic team leader to take measures to prevent such recurrence.
BY: 메이저사이트