KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 -- MBC president Park Sung-je has apologised after the Korean broadcaster used inappropriate photos to introduce countries in the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony.

Photos of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the fictional vampire Count Dracula, and conqueror Genghis Khan were used to present Ukraine, Romania, and Mongolia respectively in MBC's coverage of the July 23 event.

Other countries were also depicted with images labelled "tone-deaf" by social media users, including photos of civil unrest for Haiti and Bitcoin for El Salvador.

During a press conference yesterday, Park said MBC had "damaged the Olympic values of friendship, solidarity and harmony" and that the station is taking steps to ensure that the inc...