Not so long ago, thousands of people filled the streets, but now there are at most a few dozen…. The main reason for this is the decline of the rally held every Wednesday in front of the former site of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to denounce Japan for the comfort women issue.
The main reason for this is the revelation that the leader, Yoon Mi-hyang, has “misappropriated” donations, but it has also been affected by the exposure of a string of sexual harassment by prominent supporters. The fact is that the celebrities who condemn Japan based on the delusion that “the Japanese military used girls as sex slaves” were, behind the scenes, the perpetrators of sexual harassment. The first big name to appear is Ko Eun, who has been described as “the poet closest to the Nobel Prize in Literature. At the request of an organization in Suwon, he wrote a poem in memory of the comfort women. The poem begins, “You who were trampled in the bud. It is understandable that his mind is fixed on the delusion that the girls were forced into sexual slavery. A stone tablet inscribed with this poem was attached to the base of a comfort women statue in Suwon. However, his “habit of sexual harassment” soon came to light. At the height of the #MeToo movement at the time, a female poet was the first to accuse him of sexual harassment. The story went on to say, “In fact, all the reporters in charge of the literary section knew about it,” “a habitual pervert and exhibitionist,” and “a large number of victims. The city of Suwon removed the stone tablet engraved with the poem from the base of the comfort women statue. The city also scrapped plans to build the Goyin Memorial Hall. He filed a lawsuit for damages against the female poet who first accused him and the Dong-a Ilbo, but lost. And he never issued a word of apology to the victims. The next big name was Park Won-soo, a lawyer-turned-mayor of Seoul. In the Women’s International War Crimes Tribunal (mock trial), which was allegedly orchestrated by North Koreans, Park played the role of prosecutor and found Emperor Showa guilty of “crimes against humanity. In an interview with the Nikkei (April 19, 2019), she bragged about the Seoul City Hall’s anti-sexual harassment system. He was even quoted as saying, “He is next in line to former President Moon Jae-in.” However, behind the scenes, a female secretary at the Seoul Metropolitan Government Office could no longer stand the “persistent sexual harassment,” so she consulted a lawyer. She then gathered evidence and prepared to press charges. When Park learned of the move, she committed suicide in July 2008. Chungcheongnam-do Governor Ahn Hee-jung, who was ahead of Park in the succession race, was also convicted of raping his secretary. Im Ok-sang is a well-known left-wing figurehead in South Korea. Under Park, a large park, “Memory Site,” was created to commemorate the victims of comfort women. Under Park’s leadership, a large sculpture was created to symbolize the “Place of Remembrance. However, Hayashi was also accused of “indecent behavior” by a female staff member and was found guilty this past August. Seoul Mayor Oh Seh-hun immediately demolished the “filthy sculpture. In Japan, sexual harassment of a pastor who was working on human rights issues for Koreans living in Japan was also revealed. Is there any causal relationship between leftist human rights activists and sexual harassment? (Journalist Katsumi Murotani)
