K-netizens outraged after South Korea was called North Korea during the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony

Korean netizens are expressing outrage after South Korea was mistakenly referred to as the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The error occurred when the French and English narrators introduced South Korea as 'The Democratic People's Republic of Korea,' which is North Korea, instead of The Republic of Korea.

Am I tripping or they called South Korea as "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" instead of "Republic of Korea" at #Parish2024 Opening Ceremony? pic.twitter.com/E94fk0ponK

— Meraclo Spratlys (@MeracloSpratlys) July 26, 2024

님들아 이거 잘못들은거 아니죠 우리나라 입장할때 Democratic People's Republic of Korea라고 소개한거같은데????????????? pic.twitter.com/I1Bfsy4pr0

— 4156🌂 (@popoccw) July 26, 2024

Many Korean online users were baffled by the mistake and took to social media and various online communities to express their anger and outrage. Many expressed disbelief and shared, "Guys, did I hear this wrong? Did they introduce our country as 'Democratic People's Republic of Korea' when we were entering????"

Korean netizens commented:

"This is the worst."

"Is North Korea even participating in the Olympics?"

"I thought I heard wrong for a second."

"They must be crazy."

"How did they make that mistake?"

"That is so uncivilized."

"Very uneducated."

"How incredibly uncivilized. This is so typical of France."

"France? Really?"

"That was racist."

"Racism at the Olympics, really? Do they even understand the purpose of the Olympics? So uncivilized..."

"They should apologize."

"What is going on?"