[O Seongsu's Toon] Looking Back at 2020 Through Toons... Selected Top 10 Toons

by Oh Sungsoo

Published 31 Dec.2020 08:49(KST)

Updated 31 Dec.2020 09:46(KST)

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Seongsu]

[O Seongsu's Toon] Looking Back at 2020 Through Toons... Selected Top 10 Toons

What kind of memories will 2020 leave us in the future?
First of all, we cannot leave out the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 has greatly impacted our society as a whole, including remote work and online distance learning, and before vaccines became widely available, it led to a bleak year-end.
We also witnessed an unprecedented conflict between the Minister of Justice (Choo Mi-ae) and the Prosecutor General (Yoon Seok-yeol) under the major premise of prosecutorial reform, and saw with our own eyes the groups operating child sexual exploitation materials on the messenger app Telegram.
It was not all gloomy memories.
Director Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite decorated the Academy Awards, and BTS dominated the Billboard charts.
2020 was filled with bigger issues than any other year, and 'Oh Seongsu’s Toons' was with you throughout.
We created weekly editorial cartoons on emerging issues, and have selected the top 10 representative works from the past year.

1. Summons

Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, which sharply satirized class and social hierarchy, summoned Cho Kuk once again.

2. Super Spreader

When COVID-19 cases rose to about 9,000, the Telegram Nth Room had 260,000 members.

3. Shield

Yoon Mee-hyang of Justice Party (Justice Memory Solidarity), who hid behind the comfort women statue while committing various accounting frauds, is now hiding behind Cho Kuk, watching public opinion.

4. Into the Fire

The North Korean demolition of the inter-Korean liaison office must have been a dark moment for President Moon Jae-in, who only wishes for peace.

5. Rampage

Despite 24 real estate measures being ineffective, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mi claims things are going well.

6. A Certain Hit-and-Run

The victim of the late Park Won-soon’s sexual harassment case is being neglected amid the indifference of those around her.

7. Taking from the Bottom to Support the Top...

No matter how well quarantine is done, it is useless in front of those who violate and obstruct it.

8. Adding Fuel to the Fire

The government added fuel to the fire by resuming flights from Wuhan amid the already noisy controversies surrounding Choo Mi-ae and Yoon Mee-hyang.

9. Intercept

Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol, leading the Lime/Optimus scandals, and Minister of Justice Choo Mi-ae, who obstructs at every turn.

10. Gather

Next year’s Seoul mayor by-election is a showdown between pro-Moon and anti-Moon factions! At the center of the anti-Moon camp is Representative Ahn Cheol-soo.