South Korea wrongly introduced as North Korea at Paris Olympics opening ceremony
2024-07-27
South Korea’s sports department said in a speech that it “expresses repent” over the false news.
Next evil sports secretary Jang Mi-ran, a 2008 Olympic weightlifting fighter, has asked for a conference with IOC captain Thomas Bach to discuss the matter, it added.
According to the statement, the athletics ministry has also requested that the foreign ministry “deliver a robust opposition to the French side” regarding the matter.
The sports government announced that South Korea’s National Olympic Committee would meet with the Paris Olympics Organising Committee and the IOC to express their opposition, demand measures to stop a repeat, and give an official notice of rally under the name of the delegation’s group.