Olympic Games organizers said they « deeply apologize » for introducing South Korea’s athletes as North Korea during the opening ceremony in Paris. As the South Korean.
Olympic Games organizers said they « deeply apologize » for introducing South Korea’s athletes as North Korea during the opening ceremony in Paris. As the South Korean athletes waved their nation’s flag on a boat floating down the Seine on Friday evening, they were announced in both French and English as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. South Korea is the Republic of Korea. « We deeply apologize for the mistake that occurred when introducing the Korean team during the opening ceremony broadcast », the International Olympic Committee said in a post on X in Korean, per the AP.