South Korea wrongly introduced as North Korea at Olympics

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmj2r1403jpo

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eran_morad@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 2y
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makyo@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Maybe it’s just a weird internet deja vu but didn’t something just like this happen in a recent Olympics?

makyo@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Maybe this is what I was remembering: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-18993023

DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

You know what, good on you, mate, for doing that leg work. Cheers for that!

makyo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

I knew it was going to bother me until I got to the bottom of it

ArmyTiger@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

That seems like a really easy mistake to not make. Like, has North Korea ever been to the Olympics?

Pirasp@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y

Yes, they have a delegation there right now

Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y

Yes. They're mentioned in the third sentence of the article.

can@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

Democratic People's Republic of Korea