Silver medallists Jihyeon Keum (C) of South Korea and Hajun Park (3rd L) of South Korea pose with their medals with their team. (Reuters)
The International Olympic Committee apologised for a gaffe during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in which South Korean athletes were incorrectly introduced as North Korean. As the South Korean delegation sailed down the Seine river in the French capital, they were introduced with the official name for North Korea: “Republique populaire democratique de Coree” in French, then “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” in English. The error sparked displeased reactions in South Korea, a global cultural and technological powerhouse that is technically still at war with the nuclear-armed North Korea.