You called South Korea North Korea..This time, it's not the Korean national flag, but the error of the Chinese Red Flag.

Jul 30, 2024

'Oseong Hongki Error, not Taegeukgi, introducing South Korea to North Korea'

At the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, a French announcer, the host country, introduced North Korea to South Korean athletes, and an Australian broadcaster was belatedly known to mark the Korean national flag as the Chinese Five Star Red Flag when introducing the overall ranking of the Paris Olympics.

Australia's most representative news, '9NEWS', made a mistake on the 28th (local time) by introducing 'Leader Board' with a comprehensive ranking on the first day of the Olympic Games.

Professor Seo Kyung-duk of Sungshin Women's University said, `I learned from many reports from Australians and international students, and Koreans sent continuous e-mails to the broadcasting station"Afterwards '9NEWS' did not take any particular stance, but on the 29th, a day after the controversy, the general ranking posted on the official website correctly corrected it with the Korean national flag." he said.

"This situation continues to occur, especially during this Olympics, and it will be more important for us to correct it correctly through justifiable protests, not just criticism and anger."

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics was held in Paris, France, on the 27th (Korea Standard Time). South Korea's squad marching over the Seine on a boat. Jockey Woo Sang-hyuk is holding the Korean flag. Paris (France) = Photo Co-Chop Foundation/2024.7.27/

Earlier, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially apologized for misrepresenting the South Korean team as 'North Korea' at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. An in-house announcer shouted words referring to North Korea in both French and English. The IOC issued an apology on its website on the 28th (Korea time). IOC President Thomas Bach spoke with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and expressed his deep regret. North Korea sang both French and English correctly. In this competition, only North Korea entered twice without South Korea. The problem was not over here. The Paris Olympic Organizing Committee has had another accident. Oh Sang-wook, who won the gold medal in the individual fencing men's sabre event, came to his name on his official SNS early on the 28th. The organizing committee came with Oh Sang-wook's English name 'Oh Sang-uk' as 'Oh Sang-gu'. When fans criticized him through comments, he soon corrected himself. Oh Sang-wook is the first Korean player to record an individual event 'Grand Slam'. However, the Paris Olympics left a stain on Oh's great achievement with an absurd mistake.

lyn@sportschosun.com

You called South Korea North Korea..This time, it's not the Korean national flag, but the error of the Chinese Red Flag.

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