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| The national flags of Korea and Spain are on display for the meeting between Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and Fernando Valenzuela at the ministry building in Seoul, April 4. Yonhap |
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| Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha talks with senior officials before a meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul, April 5. Yonhap |
By Jung Min-ho
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed the official responsible for displaying a crumpled national flag at Korea-Spain bilateral talks last week.
According to the ministry Monday, the director-level official was removed from his post after putting up the taegeukgi for Thursday's meeting between Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and his Spanish counterpart Fernando Valenzuela at the ministry building in Seoul.
The move comes a few days after the ministry promised to take action.
In the past few months, the ministry led by Kang Kyung-wha has been criticized for a series of blunders. Most recently, it wrongly referred to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia as countries in the Balkan region, instead of Baltic, which drew a protest from the Latvian Embassy in Seoul.
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