A major mistake occurred during the opening ceremony of the Olympics held on Friday in Paris, the capital of France. During the Parade of Nations in the ceremony, the South Korean team was addressed as North Korea. There is a lot of anger among the people of South Korea regarding this mistake in the Olympics, after which the Olympic Committee has formally apologized.
During the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, the six-kilometer parade started from the Austerlitz Bridge on the Seine River. When the South Korean team entered the parade on a grand boat, South Korea was called the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in both French and English. Let us tell you that this is the official name of North Korea.
Expressing displeasure over this incident, South Korea lodged its objection. After this, the Olympic Committee expressed regret over the incident and apologized and assured that such incident will not happen in future.
IOC Chief spoke to the President of South Korea
The International Olympic Committee said in a social media post that we made a mistake while introducing the South Korean team during the opening ceremony, for which we wholeheartedly apologize.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach spoke to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol by telephone and personally apologized. The President of South Korea told Bak that the people of his country are very shocked and feeling embarrassed by this incident.
Olympic Committee spokesperson Mark Adams termed this mistake as clearly regrettable and said that a mistake has been made. We can only apologize that we made a mistake.
At the same time, the Sports Ministry of South Korea has requested the Foreign Ministry to officially complain to the French government.