IOC Chairman Bach refers to South Korea as North Korea and says he will ”apologise directly to President Yoon”

At the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics, in-house announcer Naeun mistakenly referred to South Korea as North Korea, and International Olympic Committee Chairman Thomas Bach personally contacted President Yoon Seok-youl to report the incident.
On the 27th (local time), the Korean Sports Council updated reporters on the progress of a mistake that occurred in the introduction of the Korean delegation at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics the previous day.
According to the Korean Olympic Committee, at 8:45 p.m. local time on the 26th, when the athletes were entering the opening ceremony, they realized that there had been a mistake in the name of the Republic of Korea, and the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Paris announced that they had made a mistake.
We have raised the issue with the person in charge at the FIFA World Cup and requested that they take steps to prevent this from happening again. We have also requested that they review the correct spelling of our country's name and the content of in-stadium announcements at stadiums and events.
From then on, OBS, which produces the live broadcast of the opening ceremony, will display the English name of Korea as "Republic of Korea" on its information screen.
The phrase was corrected to KOREA. However, the phrase in the introduction script read by A Naeun-sama in the venue was not corrected. In the end, both A Naeun-sama made the mistake of referring to South Korea as North Korea.
The Korean Olympic Committee immediately confirmed with the IOC that the responsibility for the broadcasting error lies with OBS, the IOC's broadcasting company. The IOC posted on its Korean X (formerly Twitter) account, "Opening Ceremony
We deeply apologize for the mistake that occurred when introducing the Republic of Korea athletes during the broadcast.
An official letter of protest was sent to the Paris Organizing Committee Chairman and the IOC under the name of Korean delegation chief Son. At 7 a.m., the Korean Sports Association Chairman Lee Ki-hoon, IOC Ethics Committee Chairman Bang Ki-hoon, and Honorary Grand Master of the Korean Sports Association Kim John Hoon also sent a letter of protest.
The ambassadors met to hold a meeting to express their regret to the IOC. The Paris Organizing Committee sent an apology email to the Korean Olympic Committee and expressed their deep apologies to the Korean Olympic team. Tony Estanguet also
The chairman of the organizing committee promised to personally apologize by the 27th. IOC Chairman Bach also conveyed through his chief of staff that he would like to personally apologize to President Yoon over the phone, with Chairman Lee Ki-hoon also in attendance.
In response, Chairman Lee requested an official written apology from the IOC before making a phone call, and the IOC has informed the Korean Olympic Committee that it is currently preparing the apology.