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The Paris Olympic organizing committee mistakenly introduced the South Korean delegation as the North Korean delegation at the opening ceremony, causing criticism from Seoul and an apology from the IOC.
The 2024 Paris Olympics opened on July 26 (early morning of July 27, Hanoi time), with the highlight being the boat parade of sports delegations on the Seine River. When it was the turn of the South Korean delegation, the organizing committee introduced them as the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" in both French and English. Meanwhile, the North Korean delegation was introduced by its correct name.
The incident has drawn a negative reaction from South Korea, which is technically still at war with North Korea, as the two countries have only signed an armistice, not a peace treaty.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea expressed "regret" over the name mistake. Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran requested to meet with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to discuss the incident.
The South Korean Foreign Ministry also issued a statement saying it had contacted the French embassy in Seoul and the French diplomatic representative expressed regret over the "incomprehensible mistake".
The Korean Sports and Olympic Committee announced today that it had received a notice from the IOC, saying that President Bach wanted to apologize directly to South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol over the phone.
"We deeply apologize for the mistake that occurred when introducing the Korean delegation at the opening ceremony," the IOC wrote on social network X.
North Korea has not commented on the incident.
Relations between Seoul and Pyongyang are at their lowest point in years, as North Korea has stepped up military cooperation with Russia and launched thousands of balloons loaded with trash across the border, some of which landed on the South Korean presidential palace on July 24.
Meanwhile, the South Korean military is broadcasting K-pop and anti-North Korean messages over loudspeakers at the border between the two countries, while resuming live-fire drills on frontline islands and near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas.
TH (according to VnExpress)