The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently uploaded a video about Taekwondo on their official SNS account, and it is causing controversy again by incorrectly introducing it as ‘Judo’.
This Olympics has been the subject of frequent criticism due to various mistakes. It started when the stadium announcer introduced ‘South Korea’ as ‘North Korea’ during the opening ceremony.
On the 28th, when reporting the news of Oh Sang-wook, who won the gold medal in the men’s sabre individual fencing event, the organizing committee also incorrectly wrote ‘Oh Sang-wook’s’ English name as ‘Oh Sang-goo’.
In addition, French media mistakenly combined the flags of Korea and Japan to create the Korean flag, and was criticized for using the South African flag instead of the Taegeukgi when introducing Korea’s rankings on the medal tally chart.
Australia’s most representative news outlet, ‘9NEWS’, caused controversy by incorrectly referring to the Taegeukgi as the Chinese Five-Star Red Flag when introducing the overall rankings of the Paris Olympics.
Professor Seo Kyung-deok of Sungshin Women’s University pointed out, “Incorrect referencing of the Republic of Korea continues to occur in reports about the Paris Olympics all over the world.”
He emphasized, “In this situation, it is more important for us to make proper corrections through legitimate protests rather than just criticizing and being angry.” 파워볼사이트
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