What is finally happening in South Korea with the “disappearance of anti-Japan
As part of my daily routine, I watch the morning news of each Korean newspaper as soon as I wake up, and in August I noticed a slight change.
The “opposition articles” on the Fukushima nuclear power plant treated water issue that had been covered by the newspapers until then had disappeared.
The South Korean opposition and leftist groups have been criticizing Japan and the Yun administration on unscientific grounds (a ghost story…), but the truth is that the leftist ideological scientists have given up on the Yun administration, which is gaining public trust through its scientific arguments, and the media is at a loss to deal with the opposition’s arguments. The media is probably at its wit’s end.
One of the reasons that the public has not been swayed by the “scaremongering” this time is probably due in large part to the fact that the public has been freed from the restraints of the Moon Jae-in administration and the lessons learned from the mad cow disease scare in 2008.
The anti-Japanese boycott movement that took place under the Moon Jae-in administration was supported by many Koreans, but the restraints gradually became too tight, and the Yun administration has liberated the people, who are now intoxicated with the Japan boom at once. So it is no longer a reality among many Koreans that they can say “anti-Japanese disappearance.
The Reality of the Rotten “Korean Opposition
Against this backdrop, South Korean opposition parties and leftist civic groups, hoping to somehow incite anti-Japanese sentiment, have dared to cry “contaminated water” over the issue of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, and are plotting to bring down the Yun administration and Japan through unscientific criticism.
Furthermore, opposition party lawmakers and independent opposition lawmakers led by Mika Yun, former head of the Justice Federation, staged “unannounced visit to Japan” performances, but none of them resonated with the Korean public at all. The fact is that the people of South Korea have been appalled by the opposition, but the supporters of the opposition party have been desperately following them, and the fact that they are still trying to make it look as if the opposition has the upper hand is nothing short of comical.
Newswatchers who have been keeping an eye on the opposition parties have noticed that the Yun administration since July has not taken the South Korean opposition parties seriously at all. So far, it seems that Yun Suk-yeol’s comments on the Japan-Korea history issue and his unscientific criticism of the Fukushima nuclear power plant treated water issue have all been debunked with good arguments, and the public seems to have been convinced to a certain extent.
In fact, I have heard people around me say, “It would be a lie to say that they are not worried about the release of the treated water, but it is not as the opposition parties say. The opposition is spreading a lot of monstrous stories that can only be described as making fun of the people.
Against this backdrop, an article in the Chosun Ilbo titled “Contaminated Water Roundtable Calls 8-Year-Old Child an ‘Activist’ and Denounces President” introduced a shocking reality.
Behind the “disappearance of anti-Japanese” in South Korea, a more “dangerous disturbance” has broken out…! The “horrifying contents” of the “campaign to denounce Japan” faced by a “third-generation zainichi” and the “rotten reality” of the South Korean opposition party.
The contents of this article are that the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPJ) invited elementary school children and other children to a round-table meeting related to nuclear treated water, called them “child activists,” and had them denounce President Yun Seok-yeol and Japan.
The event was also broadcast live on the official YouTube channel of the DPJ.
According to the article, at the beginning of the event, a child activist in the second grade said, “Don’t ask me what a young child knows,” and “I am an activist and I can speak my mind,” but I was appalled by the fact that a child was put in the foreground to make an adult point without hesitation. What appalled me was the fact that he was putting a child in the forefront to make a point to adults.
I am even outraged that they would take a child who does not know the left from the right and use him or her as a “panda” to draw attention from the public.
I attended a Korean school for 12 years and was forced to participate in various demonstrations since junior high school without knowing the meaning of the demonstrations. Perhaps it is because I was the one who was taken advantage of that I feel so much anger.
Korea “Bizarre Rally
When I covered a rally in front of the Japanese embassy in South Korea the other day, I saw children who looked like elementary school students dancing on stage after a speech. A 20-year-old Korean university student who accompanied me to cover the event also saw the scene for the first time and was surprised, saying, “What is this bizarre rally…?
I have no complaints about any political activities in the world, but am I the only one who wonders what legitimacy or right there is in putting children in the foreground to make a point?
I experienced this myself when I was a student, and now as an adult I have realized the ineptitude of the adults (organizers) in this activity. By taking advantage of children, the adults gain some benefit that the children do not feel (or do not know). Whether it is the reputation of the organization, direct sponsorship, or support. …… It is a painful thought that we should not allow children to be used for their benefit forever.
We should be looking at the adults who are using these children to gain something.
