The opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which was slogan 'Become One with Impression', started with a spectacular fireworks show at the Tokyo National Stadium at 8 pm (Korea time) on the 23rd. It is a large stadium that can accommodate up to 68,000 people, but only a few guests kept the audience without a crowd with Corona 19.
mbc, which had the right to broadcast, also Lived the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
In the order of the athletes' entry, mbc added a short introduction by putting photos and subtitles for viewers. Korea has written pictures of BTS, Gwanghwamun, and Yi Sun-sin, while United States of America has written pictures of Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, and the Golden Gate Bridge. I inserted a picture of a famous place or person who can symbolize each Europe.
However, when introducing the 24th entry to Ukraine, mbc had a big accident. In the process of introducing the Ukraine athletes, we put pictures of Chernobyl nuclear power plants on the data screen of Ukraine. Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located north of the state of Ukraine Kiev, was the site of a nuclear reactor explosion on April 26, 1986. It is one of the most terrible disasters in human history, with an estimated 400,000 victims.
Here, when the Haitian athletes entered, they also posted a riot photo and the phrase 'President Assassination is the government'. It was not appropriate for mankind to write about peace through sports.
In addition, when Syrian athletes enter, they are labeled as rich underground resources, a civil war in progress for 10 years. The Marshall Islands are composed of 1,200 islands, once called the United States of America's nuclear test site.
Netizens poured out criticism against mbc. Netizens criticized "Is mocking the country in line with the spirit of Olympic Games?" "mbc is a public broadcasting station" and "diplomatic disrespect." In particular, Chernobyl's nuclear power plant photo was "What is different from the introduction of our Europe and the introduction of Sampoong Department Store or Seongsu Bridge photo" and "Europe disgrace".
In the end, mbc said in the subtitles at the end of the opening ceremony, "Inadequate photos were used when introducing countries such as Ukraine and Haiti in the opening ceremony broadcast today. In addition, inappropriate photos and subtitles were used in some countries. I apologize to Ukraine and other countries and viewers. "