Oz paper mX under fire for 'naughty and nice' Korea comment

Aug 3, 10:53 am

Melbourne, August 3 (ANI): mX, a free newspaper available to commuters in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, has attracted global attention after referring to North and South Korea as 'Naughty Korea' and 'Nice Korea' in its Olympic coverage.

According to the Daily Mail, mX "sparked a potential diplomatic storm" with the cheeky stunt in its medals table.

While most readers took the joke as intended - harmless and fun, some hit out over the stunt.

"Yeah calling N and S Korea, Naughty Korea and Nice Korea is fine. As long as its fine for them to refer to us as the Dumb, Drunk, Racists," News.com.au quoted Leighb83 as writing.

"I don't know whether to laugh or be appalled mX is calling North and South as "Naughty Korea" and "Nice Korea"," TheGrimRecapper tweeted. (ANI)

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