Sushi, pizza, Chernobyl: TV stations outraged with crazy Olympic symbols for other countries

A South Korean TV broadcaster is currently experiencing a wave of outrage.

For other countries, sports fans were shown sometimes disturbing symbols.

Tokyo - Imagine if ARD, ZDF or Eurosport would choose a picture of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl as a symbol for Ukraine when reporting on the Olympics *.

The outcry would be great - but that's exactly what happened in South Korea.

A South Korean television station reported on the Olympic Games in a rather idiosyncratic manner.

At the opening ceremony, MBC displayed “country-specific” images for each country.

For Italy, for example, it was pizza, for Japan, sushi.

Perhaps one could overlook that.

When a photo of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was shown when the Ukrainian team marched in, some spectators rubbed their eyes.

Olympia: South Korea TV shows crazy symbols for other countries

Things didn't get much better in Haiti, showing a picture of the unrest in the country following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.

The selection for El Salvador was also curious.

A Bitcoin advertising poster was shown for the state in Central America because the cryptocurrency was only recently made the official means of payment there.

MBC provided accompanying facts for the picture that were almost as strange.

The viewers were informed about the gross domestic product and vaccination quota of the respective country.

After there was a lot of excitement about the action, an apology promptly followed.

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"We apologize for the extremely inappropriate pictures and captions," said managing director Park Sung Jae in retrospect.

Letters were even sent to the embassies of some countries, and Park also announced an investigation.

In terms of sport, things are going well for the South Koreans: In the medal table * they are seventh with three gold medals.

Germany also won gold for the first time on Tuesday.