Should the Japanese Rising Sun Flag Be Banned in South Korea?
That is what some Koreans are saying after this incident at a festival in Yongin:
A Japanese man has ignited controversy for wrapping himself in a Rising Sun flag at the “ULTRA Korea” festival in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, on June 7-9.
Korea Times
The Japanese imperial military used the flag during World War II (1939-45) and the flag is regarded as a symbol of Japan’s wartime aggression. Many Koreans believe the flag should be banned.
Some Korean participants in the ULTRA Korea, Asia’s largest electronic dance music (EDM) festival, reportedly had “clashes” with the Japanese and reported him to the organization committee. But the committee did not take any tangible action, according to Professor Seo Kyung-duk, a top Korea promoter.
“The festival officials should have restrained the man. If he had not cooperated, they should have dragged him out,” Seo wrote on his Instagram Tuesday.
“The man will return to Japan and say he had no problem displaying a Rising Sun flag in Korea. The committee should make an official apology and promise to avoid a recurrence,” Seo wrote.
First of all this Japanese man was clearly trolling for a reaction and he got it.
Anyway the way I look at it is that if the Rising Sun flag is banned in South Korea then the North Korean and Chinese flags should be banned as well. Those two countries killed far more Koreans than Imperial Japan ever did and destroyed nearly the entire country during the Korean War.
