▲ The first tweet from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs in which a photo of Chairman Kim Jong-un was attached to the message saying "Thank you for the donation of masks from Korea"
After receiving the mask from the South Korean government, the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accidentally posted a photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a thank-you message posted on its official Twitter account.
The Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately lowered the picture and clarified that it was "not from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs system", but criticism has been raised locally for a ridiculous mistake.
Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted the tweet on the 18th in local time.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a tweet, "The Argentine government is grateful that Korea has donated 200,000 KF94 masks as part of bilateral cooperation to combat Corona 19."
It was a thank-you message for the Korean Embassy in Argentina on the 14th for delivering a mask supported by the Korean government to the Ministry of Health of Argentina.
The problem is that there was a picture of Chairman Kim Jong-un attached to the bottom of the message.
Currently, the image of Chairman Kim's photo has been replaced with an image with'press release' in the background of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office building, but the captured image of the first tweet containing Chairman Kim's picture remained online and quickly spread.
The Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted a few hours later, suggesting that Twitter was the cause of the mistake.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "In a tweet linked to a notice posted on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website today, Twitter put an image that is not in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs system," and "is investigating".
Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is reported to have reported that the Korean embassy in Argentina is looking at the process, saying that the photos were not uploaded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Despite this explanation, local media and netizens criticized the government for blaming Twitter after making a mistake that confuses North and South Korea.
The mockery continued on Twitter.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it would not admit or apologize for the mistake, and that it would take the responsibility of Twitter to investigate," said Klarin, a major local daily newspaper.
Another major daily newspaper, Ranacion, pointed out that these mistakes themselves are significant, but they are worse, given the tensions between the two Koreas.
A local Korean resident said, "It's ridiculous," but said, "The news of our government's donation of masks has not been covered very much locally, but it seems that Korea donated masks at this opportunity and the excellence of Korean quarantine is rather known."
In fact, reporting a mistake in this tweet on the local media's info bar, he explained that "the KF94 mask is one of the most safe masks in the world," and that "North Korea cannot produce such an efficient mask."
Local media also highlighted bilateral cooperation by explaining that South Korea donated masks after President Moon Jae-in and Argentine President Alberto Fernandez promised cooperation over the phone last month.
(Photo = Yonhap News)