People Thought the South Korean Flag was the Pepsi Logo During the Olympics Opening Ceremony

During a live-stream of the Olympic opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, one part of the performance modeled after the South Korean flag apparently wasn’t obvious enough for many viewers.

WOWOWOW pic.twitter.com/GtnFbiGQw8

— جميلة (@jamiletchankai) February 9, 2018

Upon first glance, some thought it reminded them of a certain company ad promotion:

Apparently no one knows what the South Korean flag looks like and only recognized its similarity to the Pepsi logo:

Didn’t know Pepsi sponsored the #Olympics2018 pic.twitter.com/UEg4dkxPwg

— Ben Torgersen (@TorgersenBen) February 9, 2018

my stupid mind thought it was a pepsi logo pic.twitter.com/eXUMTJLvrD

— suℓay🐇 (@siriusuho) February 9, 2018

First glance it looks like a Pepsi commercial. pic.twitter.com/9UKXkux0vU

— Owen Russell (@OrussellRussell) February 9, 2018

I for one am sick and tired of the commercialization of the olympics. South Korea making a giant human Pepsi logo during the opening ceremonies?? For shame. pic.twitter.com/9lu0z1xTll

— KurtisBlowVEVO (@BWetherJohnson) February 9, 2018

Nice work on the ambush marketing Pepsi #PyeongChang2018 #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/ZsxIoK7cwm

— Martin Ross (@martingrantross) February 9, 2018

Me: Mom look at this, amazing right?
Mom: What is that. Pepsi.
Me: Mom, noooo. It’s South Korea’s flag

😂😂😂 https://t.co/8hlZw03Rco

— Bad Dess (@RVisGoddess) February 9, 2018

For some reason I really want a Pepsi 🤔 https://t.co/8OUs2GXPLY

— Raphael de l’Ghetto (@KonaDrake) February 9, 2018

For reference, this is what the latest Pepsi logo looks like:

And this is what the South Korean flag looks like:

But it’s also possible people confused it with an older version of the logo they may have known for years:

I hope we all learned an important lesson today.

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