NBC has sidelined one of its Olympic analysts for saying that the Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula was an important moment in South Korea's economic transformation, drawing swift backlash online. The analyst, Joshua Cooper Ramo, made the remark during NBC's prime-time telecast of Friday's opening ceremony in pointing out the presence of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe "Every Korean will tell you that Japan is a cultural and technical and economic example that has been so important to their own transformation," Ramo said. An online petition quickly circulated demanding an apology from NBC. The network apologized formally to the...