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And the Gold Medal for Olympic Gaffes Goes to — Wait for It — the Host Country, France

The South Korean team, cruising gloriously in the boat-parade on the Seine, is announced as being from North Korea, and the reverberations are epic.

AP/Robert F. Bukaty
Spectators sit in the rain at Paris, France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday. AP/Robert F. Bukaty
DONALD KIRK
DONALD KIRK

What were they thinking? Was it just an Olympic-sized gaffe or something else?

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DONALD KIRK
DONALD KIRK

Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and Washington, has been covering Asia for decades for newspapers and magazines and is the author of books on Korea, the Vietnam War and the Philippines.

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