Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran meets with IOC Vice President to request prevention of recurrence “Public disappointment is great”

IOC Vice President: “This should never happen”: South Korea introduced as North Korea at Olympics opening ceremony

Second Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Jang Mi-ran has asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to prevent a recurrence of the incident where the South Korean athletes were introduced as North Korean at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 30th, “Vice Minister Jang Mi-ran met with IOC Vice President Sermiang Ng on the 29th (local time) and asked him to be careful not to let something like the mistake at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony happen again.” Vice

Minister Jang said, “The South Korean people were very disappointed by the mistake at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony,” and “I hope you will be especially careful to ensure that something like this does not happen again in the future.”

Vice Chairman Eung said, “I deeply apologize for the mistake made during the opening ceremony. I know it was an unforgivable mistake, and I am aware that it should never happen again,” and promised, “I will do my best to ensure that this kind of mistake never happens again during the athlete introductions or medal ceremonies during the remaining Olympics.”

At the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics held on the 27th (Korean time), the announcer made the ridiculous mistake of calling out North Korea as the South Korean team entered.

Afterwards, IOC President Thomas Bach called President Yoon Seok-yeol to apologize for the incorrect introduction of the South Korean team, and the IOC posted an apology statement on its official website.

Meanwhile, Vice Chairman Eung evaluated the South Korean women’s archery team’s 10 consecutive Olympic gold medals as a great record that no other country can surpass, and asked him to convey his congratulations and words of support to the women’s archers. On this day, Vice Minister Jang also discussed various topics with Vice Chairman Eung, including the IOC’s ongoing e-sports competition, measures to revitalize sports tourism in South Korea, and expanding sports exchanges between South Korea and Singapore. 파워볼사이트

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