Why this podium selfie with North and South Korean athletes at the Olympics is so strikingPhotos of North and South Korean table tennis players posing for a selfie on the medal podium have gotten people across the globe talking, with some hailing it as a show of rare cross border harmony. South Korea won bronze and North Korea bagged silver in the mixed doubles, and South Korea’s Lim Jong-hoon celebrated the occasion by whipping out a phone for a picture. The Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice, and no peace treaty has ever been signed. Olympics organizers have “deeply apologized” to South Korea over a “human error” that saw its 143 athletes wrongly introduced as North Korean at the opening ceremony. The mishap occurred last Friday, when the South Korean athletes made their debut on a boat cruising down the River Seine.

Source: CNN July 31, 2024 15:46 UTC