S Korean TV apologises over Olympics opening ceremony broadcast

ReutersPublished: Jul 24, 2021 1:58 AM | Updated: Jul 24, 2021 2:03 AM

A South Korean TV network has apologised after using inappropriate images and captions to describe countries during the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony on Friday.

The broadcaster, MBC, used images of pizza to describe Italy, an upheaval for Haiti, Chernobyl for Ukraine and salmon for Norway, when athletes from those countries entered the stadium for the opening ceremony...

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