NGO Wants Koreans to Boycott Mulan Film

I will be surprised if this NGO gets much traction with this boycott:

Korean activists hold #BoycottMulan banner during a press conference to boycott Disney’s film “Mulan” in front of Disney Korea in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, July 1. Boycotts against the live-action remake film spreads online in Korea once again ahead of its release in cinemas on Thursday after the film’s final credits thanked government entities in Xinjiang, which is accused of human rights abuses against ethnic minorities. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Boycotts against Disney’s live-action remake film “Mulan” are spreading online in Korea once again before its release on Thursday after the film’s final credits expressed gratitude to government entities in Xinjiang, China, which is accused of human rights abuses against ethnic minorities.

The Declaration of Global Citizen in Korea, an NGO working for solidarity with Hong Kong citizens, launched an online boycott campaign last Friday, urging social media users to share images calling for the boycott of the Disney film to raise awareness. 

On the NGO’s website, it said the film overlooked the violence in Xinjiang, where the film was shot, by thanking it, claiming that the Chinese government has been suspected of forcibly detaining as many as a million Uighur people, a mostly Muslim ethnic minority in the region, in prison camps in recent years. It cited the final credits of the film which thank local government entities and a local publicity department of China for being cooperative with the filming.

Korea Times

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J6Junkie
J6Junkie
4 years ago

My kids prefer the animated one. This new one is just too serious. Disney CCP period piece.

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