SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Seo Kyoung-duk, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University known for his global campaign against the Rising Sun Flag, has reported facing attacks from Japan’s far-right factions. Seo shared on his Facebook page that after protesting a rickshaw adorned with the Rising Sun Flag in New York City last week, a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been reported that pedicabs adorned with the Rising Sun flag design, a symbol associated with Japanese militarism, are operating in the iconic tourist destination of Central Park in New York City. On January 15, Professor Seo Kyoung-duk from Sungshin Women’s University shared on social media that he had received [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese warship displaying the Japan-Self Defense Forces flag, reminiscent of the Rising Sun Flag, arrived at the Port of Busan on Monday, stirring strong reactions from civic groups who view the flag as a symbol of past wartime aggression. The contentious matter has spilled into the political arena, [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese warship arrived in South Korea on Monday to participate in a multinational naval drill this week aimed at preventing the trafficking of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), according to officials. Japan’s JS Hamagiri destroyer arrived in the southeastern port city of Busan to participate in the Eastern [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — American pop-rock band Maroon 5 removed the design of Japan’s imperial-era flag from the band’s official website Wednesday after the use of the image angered South Korean music fans ahead of its world tour that includes stops in Asian countries. According to sources in the music scene, the band [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A video advertisement that talks about Japan’s “swastika” flag will air on YouTube, a project spearheaded by Seo Kyoung-duk, a South Korean professor at Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul. Seo spent personal funds to respond to the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s recent video that claims Japan’s Rising Sun Flag doesn’t [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese food franchise in London sparked controversy when its company logo included a rendering of Japan’s imperial-era flag. Facebook communities of Koreans residing in Britain were infuriated by Sugoi JPN, a Japanese and South American food franchise, for using the symbol of Japanese imperialism often viewed in the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A petition by a South Korean nongovernmental organization calling for a ban on the use of Japan’s imperial-era flag during the upcoming Tokyo Olympics has drawn over 56,000 signatures. The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a Seoul-based group that promotes South Korean history and culture, posted the petition [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Liverpool FC is being criticized for re-posting an image of the Japanese Rising Sun Flag on its website a day after apologizing to South Korean fans for uploading a video that shows the Japanese symbol of aggression often equated to the Nazi swastika. Liverpool’s Japanese social media account posted [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Non-governmental organization Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK) has produced a video to publicize the serious problem of sports fans at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics bearing the Rising Sun Flag. VANK, which previously posted Korean-language videos on YouTube on the November 11, added English subtitles. Furthermore, the organization also [...]