Repeated mistakes in presenting wrong national flag for South Korea during the ongoing Paris Olympics have driven South Koreans crazy but has been joked about by Chinese netizens as a "sense of relaxation" that demonstrates French people's romantic, casual and chill attitude.
South Korean sports enthusiasts have been driven mad by the Paris Olympics almost every day since the opening ceremony when the South Korean delegation sailing down the Seine River in the French capital was introduced with the official name for North Korea, "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" in English. South Korea, meanwhile, is formally known as the Republic of Korea.
On the day of the opening ceremony, the official social media account of the Olympics uploaded multiple sets of photos showing various national delegations sail down the Seine River by boat. However, some South Korean netizens noticed that only the South Korean flag was blurred, and none of the South Korean athletes' faces were clearly visible. The incident sparked controversy in South Korea, with some netizens claiming that "South Korea was discriminated against," South Korea's Chosun Daily reported.
Another mistake about South Korea's national flag was when the French media reported on the Paris Olympic Games, they created a national flag for South Korea by wrongly combined the South Korean and the Japanese national flags into one.
A similar mistake was made once again on Monday when South Africa's national flag was used as the national flag for South Korea on the medal count board by mistake.
Another incident that irritated South Korean sports fans was when South Korean sabre fencer Oh Sang-uk won the first gold medal for the country, his name was misspelled as Oh Sangku.
Mistakes made about South Korea during the Paris Olympics were not only made by the French host. 9News, one of Australia's most comprehensive news networks, wrongly used the Chinese national flag to mark South Korean athletes' achievements on the medals tally on the first day of the Paris Olympic Games.
Due to the mistakes appearing one after another, South Korean audience were hurt in their feelings and many South Korean netizens referred these mistakes to a matter of diplomatic protocol rather than merely the problem of the host of the Olympic Games.
Some South Korean netizens speculated that the organizing committee of the Paris Olympic Games is taking revenge on South Korea since the French delegation was marked by a Russian national flag during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
As it is, the unreliable French organizing committee does not actually target South Korea since its mistakes related to other countries also occurred from time to time. During the women's 100-meter breaststroke semifinals held on Monday, Argentine swimmer Macarena Ceballos had a Chinese flag displayed at her presentation, which surprised and embarrassed her a lot.
Editor: CH
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