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.