The statement said that, on Friday, “officials responsible for (National Olympic Committee) relations visited the delegation of the Republic of Korea and offered their sincere apologies for the incident”.
“We will also work to prevent a recurrence and would like to express our deepest apologies to all those affected by this matter.”
A stadium announcer apologised for the blunder but Min Tae-seok, coach of South Korea, was unimpressed.
“This is a really serious problem. When we protested, they said, ‘We’re sorry. It wasn’t that it wasn’t prepared, there was a mistake on the part of those responsible for playing it’,” he said.
“But this is something that simply should never happen.”
The build-up to the Games has been overshadowed by complaints from teams about the quality and amount of accommodation.
Some teams were also stranded at the airport for up to six hours when they landed this week.
