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IOC withholds¹ South Korean medal

Summary

14 August 2012

The Korean Olympic Committee says a South Korean footballer acted in the heat of the moment when he held up a sign with a political message after his team's Olympic Games victory over Japan. The player, midfielder Park Jong-woo, was investigated for holding a placard after the bronze medal Olympics match on Friday.

Reporter:

Kevin Kim

Report

The sign that's put the South Korean footballer onto the headlines read "Dokdo is our land." Dokdo, or Takeshima in Japanese, are a set of islands half way between Korea and Japan, that have been disputed between the two countries for decades. 

A Korean Olympics Committee official told reporters that the sign that the midfielder displayed was handed to him by spectators at the end of the match, and the player simply ran with it overcome with the joy of victory. FIFA, the world football governing body, has asked the Korean Football Association to further investigate the incident and provide results by the 16th. 

Political messages are banned at the Olympics and the 23-year-old footballer was barred from attending the medal award ceremony. 

In South Korea, passion remains² high over the rocky islands under dispute. For many Koreans, it is a reminder³ of 35 years of colonial rule by Japan. While Korean territory before its annexation⁴ was eventually returned, the claim to Dokdo or Takeshima has continuously been disputed.

On Friday, a few days before Korea's Liberation Day, President Lee Myung Bak made a surprise visit to Dokdo, the first South Korean President to set foot on the disputed islands, generating fierce criticism from Japan.

1 withholds   

v.扣留( withhold的第三人称单数 )；拒绝给予；抑制（某事物）；制止

参考例句：

• Marketing success or failure is directly traceable to the support that top management gives or withholds. 市场营销的成败直接归因于最高管理层能否给予支持。 来自辞典例句
• I lie awake fuming-isn't It'supposed to be the woman who withholds favours? 我干躺在那儿，气得睡不着：不应该是女人才会拿性作为要挟吗？ 来自互联网

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

4 annexation   

n.吞并，合并

参考例句：

• He mentioned the Japanese annexation of Korea in 1910 .他提及1910年日本对朝鲜的吞并。
• I regard the question of annexation as belonging exclusively to the United States and Texas.我认为合并的问题，完全属于德克萨斯和美国之间的事。