NBC Under Fire For Commentator's Remarks On How South Koreans View Japan

Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Opening ceremony – Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium - Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 9, 2018 - South Korea's and Olympic flags flutter during the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Korea Times: NBC analyst under fire in Korea over ignorant comment

An NBC Sports analyst has come under criticism here after making an ignorant comment about Korea, the host country of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics.

During the live broadcast of Friday's opening ceremony, Joshua Cooper Ramo, a commentator for the U.S. broadcaster's coverage of the Olympics, said, "Now representing Japan, a country which occupied Korea from 1910 to 1945. But every Korean will tell you that Japan is a cultural and technological and economic example that has been so important to their own transformation."

His incorrect and insensitive comment about Korea's history has enraged many of its people.

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Update #1: NBC apologizes to Korean people after correspondent's 'ignorant, 'insensitive' comment (MSN)
Update #2: NBC apologizes to Koreans and Games for Japan comment (NBC)

WNU Editor: The Japanese occupation of Japan may have ended 73 years ago .... but the bitterness still remains. Drive a Japanese car in South Korea and park it .... I can guarantee you that it will be vandalized overnight.