People are not very happy about the faux pas (plural).
During the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony on July 23, South Korea’s Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) showed a series of – more or less offensive – images alongside each country.
For example, Italy’s was pizza, Ukraine’s was Chernobyl, and the UK’s was Queen Elizabeth.
Norway’s was salmon (though, arguably, if they were going the fish route – cod might have been a better choice).
The situation was reported by journalist Raphael Rashid, known as @koryodynasty, on Twitter.
Rashid also reported on MBC’s subsequent issuing of apologies.
Source: #NorwayTodayTravel
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