Entire nation angry
Next Olympic mishap: “Absurd and unimaginable”
Once again, the IOC (International Olympic Committee) has incurred the wrath of South Korea. The reason: the name of fencer Oh Sang-uk, who won the gold medal on Saturday, was misspelled on the IOC's official Instagram page.
'Sang-uk' quickly became 'Sangku' - the next Olympic mishap! At the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, South Korea had already been introduced under the country name "Democratic People's Republic of Korea", the official name of North Korea, during the journey across the Seine.
The President of the Korean Olympic Committee, Lee Kee-heung, who himself sits on the IOC, is furious. "It is absurd and unimaginable for me that another mistake like this could happen," he is quoted as saying by Korean media.
No apology or explanation
"Korea Times" criticizes the fact that the posting was corrected "without a word of apology or explanation". This is now once again being loudly demanded and a whole nation is angry.
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