Paris 2024: IOC apologizes for South Korea gaffe

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said sorry on Saturday for introducing South Korea’s athletes as coming from North Korea during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Paris Olympics.

The gaffe happened as the South Korean delegation sailed down the Seine river in the French capital on Friday evening.

The team was introduced as being from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the full name for North Korea. South Korea, meanwhile, is formally known as the Republic of Korea.

The sign on the boat carrying the South Korean athletes did show the correct name.

With the Winter Olympics counted, France is hosting its seventh Olympic Games until August 11.