Russia Today got New Zealand and Japan confused on a map

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Russia Today got New Zealand and Japan confused on a map
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A news channel in Russia got Japan and New Zealand confused, placing 'Japan' below Australia. News channel Russia Today labelled New Zealand as Japan and Papua New Guinea as South Korea in an

News channel labelled New Zealand as Japan and Papua New Guinea as South Korea in an embarrassing double gaff during a segment on missile bases in the Sourth Hemisphere. Presenter Ashlee Banks said “The US is looking to place missiles in Japan, South Korea and Australia,” as the map behind her showed almost a totally different area of the world.Pretty awkard there guys, it's a fairly big thing to get wrong there. At least they got Australia right. One of three isn't bad.

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