A South Korean broadcaster used some strange images and captions during the opening night parade of nations at the Tokyo Olympics, outraging the online fans of the nations depicted.Seoul-based Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has apologized for what it termed “inappropriate” images and captions.
Among its choices: Chernobyl for Ukraine and pizza for Italy.The broadcaster went further, posting reports of the assassination of Haiti’s president as that nation’s athletes entered.
It also used a picture of Dracula for Romania and salmon for Norway. It also referred to the US Marshall Islandsas “once a nuclear test site for the United States.”Great Britain’s entrance into the arena had an image of Queen Elizabeth II, while El Salvador, where
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