"Dokdo is Not Allowed" ... IOC Immediately Revised Crimea After Ukraine's Protest

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) promptly responded to Ukraine's protest regarding the depiction of the Crimean Peninsula on the official website of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Sumi Hwang] The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been revealed to have promptly addressed Ukraine's protest regarding the depiction of the Crimean Peninsula on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics website. This contrasts with the IOC's earlier dismissal of South Korea's protest over Japan's depiction of Dokdo as a political claim.

According to Russia's Sputnik News and others on the 23rd (local time), the original map on the event's website showed the border between Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula, but after Ukraine's protest, the IOC apologized and corrected it.

The IOC explained that the border depiction portraying the Crimean Peninsula as Russian territory was "a service provider's mistake, and upon recognizing the issue, they apologized and corrected it immediately."

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also stated on his Twitter that "I learned yesterday that an incorrect map was posted on the Olympic website and immediately contacted the IOC. They apologized immediately, and the map was corrected."

The Crimean Peninsula is a disputed region claimed as territory by both Ukraine and Russia.

In response, Russia promptly protested. The Russian Embassy in Japan posted a statement on Facebook on the 24th, saying, "The Crimean Peninsula is an inseparable part of Russia and the matter is final and irreversible," demanding that "the Crimean Peninsula, mistakenly marked as part of Ukraine, be corrected."

The IOC's action regarding the Crimean Peninsula contrasts with its previously passive stance in the conflict between Japan and South Korea over the 'Dokdo depiction.'

Earlier, when the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee marked Dokdo as its own territory on the official website map, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee protested to the IOC multiple times.

However, the IOC did not accept the protest, stating, "After inquiring with the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, it was confirmed that the depiction of Dokdo on the torch relay route was purely a topographical expression with no political intent."

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