Professor Seokyeongdeok Creates Video to Combat Japanese Rising Sun Flag Cheering, Distributes Worldwide

A scene from an English video personally produced by Professor Seokyung Deok of Sungshin Women's University on the theme of 'Stopping the Support of the Rising Sun Flag at the Tokyo Olympics.' Photo by YouTube video capture

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kang Joo-hee] Professor Seo Kyung-duk of the Department of Liberal Arts at Sungshin Women's University has released an English video on YouTube titled "We Must Stop the Support of the Rising Sun Flag at the Tokyo Olympics."

The 3-minute video informs viewers that the Rising Sun Flag is a "war crime flag," similar to the swastika, the symbol of German Nazism, and calls for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban cheering with the Rising Sun Flag. It also introduces the historical background of the Rising Sun Flag as a symbol of Japanese imperialism and militarism, as well as the proactive responses by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) regarding the flag.

Professor Seo, who produced the video, stated, "From March until the end of July when the opening ceremony takes place, we plan to conduct a large-scale 'global publicity campaign' both online and offline." He added, "This English video will be widely disseminated in English-speaking regions in collaboration with civic groups in the United States and Canada, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, and Vancouver."

He continued, "We have reported this to the Twitter accounts of 30 major U.S. media outlets such as the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and NBC, as well as 20 major British media outlets including the BBC, The Times, and The Guardian."

Furthermore, he explained, "We have also shared the video with Korean communities and international student groups in major G20 countries such as Russia, Germany, France, Brazil, and Australia, so that more netizens can spread this video together."

Professor Seo aims for 100 million global viewers through social network service (SNS) advertisements and plans to produce and distribute the video in various languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish in the future.

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