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Olympics boss Thomas Bach offered a “sincere and heartfelt apology” to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol after their delegation was introduced as North Korea at the Paris opening ceremony, Yonhap news agency said on Saturday. When the South Korean athletes and officials were highlighted on their boat on the Seine during Friday’s extravaganza, the French and English announcers called them Democratic Republic of Korea, the official name for communist North Korea. The insert on the international broadcast feed correctly named them Republic of Korea, which is South Korea’s official name. Accord…

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