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Paris Olympic organizers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have apologized to South Korea after their delegation was introduced as North Korea at Friday’s opening ceremony. When the South Korean athletes and officials were introduced on their boat on the Seine, the French and English announcers called them Democratic Republic of Korea, the official name for communist North Korea. The subtitle on the international broadcast feed correctly named them Republic of Korea, which is South Korea’s official name. The two Koreas have been divided since the 1950-1953 Korean War. Both states a…

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