Teacher Plays 'News Gongjang' During English Class... Controversy Over 'Prosecutor Dictatorship' in Exam Questions

Yoon Derogatory Expressions and Political Bias Issues Submitted
School Receives Explanation Letter and Issues 'Warning' Measures

A high school teacher in Seoul is causing controversy for playing a YouTube video from 'Kim Eo-jun's Humility is Difficult News Factory' (hereinafter News Factory) during an English class and creating exam questions with sentences critical of the current administration, such as 'prosecutorial dictatorship.'

According to a Newsis report on the 15th, on the 5th, Kim, a contract teacher at a high school in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, showed first-year students a video from News Factory during an English class. The video reportedly dealt with Japan's discharge of radioactive contaminated water and the import of seafood from Fukushima. Kim played the video for about three minutes in one classroom.

YouTube channel 'Kim Eo-jun's Humility is Difficult News Factory' [Image source=YouTube capture]

When some students raised concerns about this, the school began an investigation. Kim explained to the school that "he played the video hoping students would take an interest in social issues" and "he did not intend to instill any particular political bias." The school received a written explanation from Kim and gave him a verbal warning to prevent recurrence.

Separately, allegations have also been raised that Kim created exam questions with politically biased sentences.

In an English test asking for words to fill in blanks, he included sentences such as ▲ Considering President Yoon's March 1st speech, it is obvious he will take a humiliating stance toward Japan ▲ The U.S. State Department released a human rights report stating that President Yoon's ban on MBC reporters boarding the presidential plane shows violence and harassment ▲ The opposition party calls the current government a prosecutorial dictatorship regime.

Additionally, during a grammar lesson, Kim used the sentence 'K's speech left me speechless,' and it was reported that during the class, Kim referred to 'K' as 'Gyong.' 'Gyong' is a term used mainly by some critics of President Yoon Seok-yeol online to mock him, derived by inverting the first syllable 'Yun' of Yoon's name.

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