Fabian, a French broadcaster, confessed that he was the victim of malicious comments after the organizers mistakenly introduced “Korea” as “North Korea” at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. On the

28th, Fabian uploaded a video titled “Olympic D1! Swimming medal after 12 years! Feat. comment terrorism” on his YouTube channel. Along with the video, he pinned the comment, “I’m already in my country, so don’t tell me to ‘go back to your country’. South Korea’s number one target for insults.”

The video shows Fabian visiting the La Defense Arena in Paris to cheer on swimmer Woo-min Kim, who competed in the 400m freestyle.

Fabien said, “As you may already know, something absurd happened at the opening ceremony yesterday,” and “When the South Korean team entered, the Olympic organizing committee introduced South Korea as North Korea.” He continued,

“I was watching it live on SBS, so I didn’t realize it at all, and I only found out after the broadcast was over,” and criticized, “It’s really embarrassing that something like this could happen at the Olympics, a global sporting event.” He added, “

Since the Olympics were held in our country, I was so angry, disappointed, and upset (as a French person who loves Korea).

But this incident also affected Fabien, who is French. He said, “When I got home, I was being bombed on Instagram, by email, and in the comments. In fact, in a way, it’s something I’m used to,” and explained, “I was bombed in the comments during the Qatar Asian Cup with Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in, and this time, too, I’m getting bombed because the Olympics are being held in my country.” He also cheerfully responded, “This time, since I’m in my hometown, I couldn’t leave comments like ‘Go back to your country’. That’s fortunate.” Netizens who saw the video responded with, “What’s Fabian’s fault?”, “It hurts so much that he’s become the target of hatred for something he didn’t do”, and “It’s an embarrassment to the country.” Meanwhile, the organizing committee was criticized for introducing the South Korean team as North Korea at the opening ceremony. At the opening ceremony on the 26th, the stadium announcer introduced the ship carrying the South Korean team as the ‘République populaire d’mocratique de Cor?e’ and the ‘Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’ when they entered. These are both expressions referring to North Korea, and the correct names are ‘Republique de coree’ and ‘Republic of Korea’. In response, Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), called President Yoon Seok-yeol to personally apologize, and the IOC sent an official letter of apology to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korean Sports Council, and the head of the Korean team. However, the mistake did not stop there. The official social media account of the Paris Olympics misspelled the name of Oh Sang-uk, the gold medalist in the men’s sabre individual final, as ‘Oh Sang-gu.’ The name was later corrected after Korean netizens posted comments of protest. 토토사이트