Yoon Seo-in on Tokyo Olympic Banner: "Look at What They Do at Someone Else's Celebration... It's Embarrassing"

[Asia Economy Reporter Seoyoung Kwon] Cartoonist Yoon Seo-in called the Tokyo Olympic banner "embarrassing."

At the Korean team residence building in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Village, which opens on the 23rd, a banner featuring the Taegeukgi (Korean flag) and a phrase reminiscent of Admiral Yi Sun-sin, "God still has the support and cheers of 50 million people," was hung. In response, some local Japanese media reported that there is backlash calling the Korean team's banner in the Tokyo Olympic Village an "anti-Japan banner."

Regarding this, Yoon said on his Facebook on the 16th, "Look at what they insist on doing at someone else's celebration." He added, "While doing that, they will shamelessly enjoy the delicious food and kind services provided by the host." He went on to say, "A backward country that stirs up political logic and national emotions in sports and loses its mind," "Give the Olympic spirit to the dogs," and "It's embarrassing to loudly say you won't go but then quietly crawl back."

Meanwhile, Yoon has been sued for disparaging independence activists. On the 12th, lawyer Cheolseung Jung filed a criminal complaint against Yoon on behalf of 463 independence patriots and their descendants, and also announced that two claims for damages lawsuits would proceed more quickly. He explained, "Civil and criminal actions against Yoon carry significant social meaning, but since they are public interest activities, the process has been somewhat slow."

This lawsuit arose after Yoon posted on his Facebook on January 12th statements such as, "While the descendants of pro-Japanese collaborators live so diligently, what exactly have the descendants of independence activists done?" and "A hundred years ago, weren't the pro-Japanese collaborators people who lived diligently, and the independence activists people who lived roughly?" When controversy arose, Yoon said, "I acknowledge and apologize for the lack of expression that caused misunderstanding and gave them an excuse."

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