Professor Seo Kyung-duk Calls for Public Canadian Broadcasting to Make Public Apology [Milan Olympics]

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Professor Seo Kyung-duk (52), known as a Korean culture protector, demanded a public apology from Canadian public broadcaster CBC. The reason is that CBC continued to misintroduce South Korean athletes who participated in the 2026 Milan/Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics as Chinese athletes.

Professor Seo Kyung-duk said on his SNS on the 15th, "Canadian public broadcaster CBC continues to introduce South Korean athletes as Chinese athletes in the broadcast of the Cortina Winter Olympics in Milan, which is controversial."

According to Professor Seo, the suspicion was raised by a report from Koreans living in Canada. Professor Seo said, "When I looked at the video attached by the Korean people, they were referring to Korean athletes participating in various events such as short track and speed skating as Chinese athletes," adding, "Once it can be seen as a mistake, it is impossible to continue to introduce them as Chinese athletes. That's why I immediately sent a complaint email to the CBC," he stressed.

Short track and speed skating are events in which Korea is showing strength. Again this time, Lee Na-hyun (21) of Korea National Sports University entered the top 10 in the women's 1,000m, not the main event, and Kyung-min (21) also ranked 10th in the men's 1,000m.

In the attached short track 2000m mixed relay, South Korea was unlucky and China finished in Group B and China in Group A, making it more confusing.

Professor Seo pointed out in the protest e-mail, "It can be overlooked as a mistake once, but it is a big mistake to continue introducing Korean athletes as Chinese athletes, from women's short track to men's speed skating," adding, "In particular, 'This is not polite to the Korean team and it is an act of ignoring Canadian viewers." We need to quickly correct it and make a public apology,' he said.

It is known that this is not the first time that the Canadian media has deleted Korea. Professor Seo criticized, "A few months ago, TSN, one of Canada's famous sports channels, posted a taekwondo video on its official SNS account and introduced it as Japan's 'Ninja', causing a great stir."

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